Saffron loved the little Minnesota town where she lived with her older brother Shane.? She loved the little park in which she spent her afternoons reading and boarding, with it?s Autumn Maple Blaze and the little kids laughing in the background. ?She even loved her school and, while she wasn?t really close friends with any of the kids in her new class,? ?neither was anyone really mean to her. Best of all, Shane was due a promotion at work. That meant they could move into a bigger apartment. And that... that meant she could finally get a dog! Things were going so well. Then the dead began to walk. Tight, clean, crisp, sharp, square and flat books. "Local Author" label pasted down to the front wrapper.