In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, the newest horse on her family's ranch, a beautiful dappled gray who is so often spooked, Abby wonders if he is haunted by the ghost of his deceased former owner.
He was just a puppy when he found himself alone. Cold and alone in the cold of winter. He needed food and water, and a warm place to sleep. He needed to find a way to survive by himself. But who had rescued a drowning boy, found a blind girl's wallet, and helped a family escape from a burning house? Could it be the lost puppy?.