Rascal is tired, hot and very thirsty when he comes across a runaway young girl, alone in a forest. Things get worse when they are caught in a forest fire and Rascal finds the girl's father trapped by flames. Rascal must try to lead them all to safety, but the fire is moving fast and they are running out of time . . .

Author Biography

Chris Cooper is the pen name of Paul Shipton, who grew up in Manchester and went to university in Cambridge. He spent several years teaching English as a foreign language and lived in Istanbul for a year. Paul then moved into publishing, working on science activity books and primary school English materials. He published his first book, Zargon Zoo in 1991. Four years later, he published Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear, and relocated with his family to Wisconsin, United States where he works as a freelance writer and editor. He, his wife and two daughters, now divide their time between Cambridge, England and Madison, Wisconsin.