Category: Juvenile Fiction - Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings
有時候在生活中，孩子（以及大人！）會非常渴望某樣東西，以至於無法放下「這是命中註定」的想法。
這個故事根據真實經歷改編，講述了一個名叫 Macey 的小女孩失去她認為屬於自己的東西的過程。在失望與心碎的另一端，Macey 學到，有時候失去我們以為想要的東西，反而為同樣美好——甚至更好的事物打開了大門！
根據作者 Kristina 及其家人的真實故事改編。某天晚上，在他們愛達荷州的牧場，一隻狗不知從何處出現。全家人都愛上了牠，覺得牠來到他們身邊是有原因的。牠似乎註定是他們的狗。之後發生的事件以及他們在此過程中學到的教訓，啟發 Kristina 寫下了這本書。
My daughter is seven and just went through her first real disappointment when a friend moved away, so this story landed at exactly the right time. The way it handles the feelings without rushing to fix them made for a really good talk afterward.
We've been reading a chapter a night and my 8-year-old keeps asking for just one more, which never happens with her other books. The disappointment and silver-linings theme opened up a really good talk between us about a friend thing she's been stewing over.
My daughter finished this in one sitting and immediately started rereading it, which says everything. The way the story walks through that crushing disappointment and then slowly finds the silver lining felt so real, and it sparked a great conversation about how not getting what you want isn't the e
