"Franklin has to learn to cope with life's challenges without setting illegal fires"--Unedited summary from book.

Justin is fascinated with the aged guard dog at the corner store. He names it Smokey and sneaks the dog treats. Smokey belongs to a company that supplies working dogs to local businesses. Justin is thrilled to get a job working for Smokey's company, until he learns about the mistreatment of the animals. When Justin can't shake his suspicion that someone in the company is involved in a rash of thefts, he tries to quit. But Justin knows too much, and...

During a summer job cleaning up graffiti in a wealthy neighborhood, Colin Watson comes under suspicion in a series of robberies.