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Pawprints Toward Tomorrow
Paperback
Series: The Ethan and Rusty, Book 3
AnimalsGeneral Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: Christie Mathew
Published: Apr 5 2026
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The final chapter of The Ethan & Rusty Trilogy is about growing up, facing the unknown, and discovering that the ones who change our lives never truly leave us.
Two years after Rusty first found him, Ethan is starting high school and suddenly everyone seems to want to know what comes next.
New classes. New responsibilities. A future he hasn't figured out yet.
Through all the uncertainty, one thing has always remained constant: Rusty.
But when Rusty begins showing signs of a chronic illness, Ethan is forced to face a kind of change he isn't ready for. Between vet visits, school pressures, and questions about the person he wants to become, he begins to understand that courage doesn't always look the way he imagined.
Sometimes it's quiet.
Sometimes it means showing up when you're scared, caring for someone who depends on you, and moving forward even when you can't see where the road will lead.
With Emma and Ben beside him, and the encouragement of a compassionate veterinarian who recognizes something special in him, Ethan begins to see a possibility he never considered before. Perhaps the future he's been so afraid of choosing has been quietly finding him all along.
Just like Rusty did.
Warm, emotional, and full of heart, Pawprints Toward Tomorrow is the moving conclusion to The Ethan & Rusty Trilogy, a coming-of-age story about friendship, first love, finding your purpose, and the extraordinary bond between a boy and the dog who changed his life.
Some friendships shape a chapter of our lives. Others leave pawprints on every chapter that follows.
For the best reading experience, please read Books 1 and 2 first.
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