This book is about a boy and his dog. The dog is a yellow Lab and the setting is rural Maine. The dog is accused by game wardens of chasing and killing deer. The dog is condemned to death, but his rescued at the last second by his master and both run away. They discover the dog had been "set up" by a band of high-tech (for 1980's) poachers, who are part of big-city gangs.The boy and his dog lead the poachers on a deadly cat and mouse chase through...