Get ready to run an edge-of-your-seat thriller with bite from international bestselling author Linwood Barclay in his first novel for 9-12 year olds Chipper is a very special dog As part of a top-secret multi-million dollar experiment to create the ultimate canine spy technology Chipper&s whole life has been spent within the walls of a secret organization known only as The Institute Chipper is supposed to be more machine than mutt but something&s wrong & The Institute knows it He&s about to be terminated Across the state twelve-year-old orphan Jeff Conway is working all hours at his aunt Flo&s lakeside cabin business He misses his parents his old life & the dog he had to leave behind When Chipper escapes & his & Jeff&s paths collide dog & boy find themselves tangled up in the most dangerous game of chase imaginable Winner of the Arthur Ellis award for Best Kid&s Crime Novel Danger secrets & thrilling suspense in Linwood Barclay&s action-packed first novel for children