Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.
Jessie, twelve, copes with what promised to be a long, boring summer with relatives by becoming apprentice to Wes, a grouchy neighborhood dog walker, who is facing new competition.--
"After seeing his friend Peg getting a walk outside in the snow Pug must be persistent to convince his teenaged master to take him out for a walk as well"--
"Elena takes a job walking six neighborhood dogs because her stepmom won't let her get a pet, but when the teen meets the sweet Zach and his seeing-eye dog, she hopes to repair her relationship with her stepmom"--Publisher.