When Amy’s dad brings home Kemo, a Husky puppy, Amy knows immediately that they are going to be best friends. What Amy doesn’t realize, however, is that Kemo’s friendship and love will help her as she navigates the wondrous and treacherous world of growing up - with its stupid cousins, mean old neighbors, magic hugging trees, incomprehensible math problems and the grief that accompanies the inevitable loss of loved ones.