Dog Days
by Emery C. Walters
Aiden is sent to Hawaii to stay with his father, who isn’t there, and his mother and stepfather do not want him back. He decides to make the best of it, but is beaten up and his belongings are stolen. The next morning he sees three children being attacked by dogs, saves them, but is injured. In the hospital he meets new people who help him recover and become his new, chosen, family.