Scooter, Maryellen's pudgy pet dachshund, may be lazy, but he's one of the family, and Maryellen loves him dearly. And he never misses a meal! So when Scooter doesn't show up at dinnertime, she's worried. Maryellen launches a search and discovers some strange goings-on in her neighborhood. With the help of her friends and family, the search for Scooter takes Maryellen from the streets of Daytona Beach to the rocket launchpad at Cape Canaveral!
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Alison Hart. The Runaway
chapter 1. Scooter
chapter 2. Too Quiet
chapter 3. Follow That Truck!
chapter 4. Vanishing Tracks
chapter 5. Something Odd
chapter 6. High Hopes
chapter 7. A Close Call
chapter 8. Dogs in Demand
chapter 9. Lost in Space?
chapter 10. Top Secret!
chapter 11. Friends to the Rescue
chapter 12. A Frustrating Witness
chapter 13. Two Rings
chapter 14. Poodle in Peril
chapter 15. Proof Positive
chapter 16. Miss Hopkins
chapter 17 “We Want Scooter!”
chapter 18. Dog of Honor
Inside Maryellen’s World
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“FETCH, SCOOTER!” MARYELLEN Larkin tossed a chewed tennis ball across the front lawn. Scooter, the Larkin family’s aging dachshund, sat down on the grass and rolled over onto his back. “I mean, roll over,” Maryellen quickly said, snapping a rope in the air as if she were a lion tamer at the circus. Scooter yawned and wiggled his pudgy paws.
Maryellen rolled her eyes and then bowed to a pretend audience. “And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the fierce Leo, the African circus lion, waving adieu.”
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Her mother laughed. “Keep jingling. I need to finish flouring the chicken. Joan and Jerry are coming for dinner.”
Maryellen brightened. Since her sister Joan had gotten married and had started college, the rest of the Larkins didn’t see as much of her and her husband, Jerry.
