Bryn Fleming was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and graduated from Portland State University with a degree in English. She taught creative writing classes at Portland Community College, and has been published in Highlights, Cricket, and numerous poetry journals. Bryn volunteered at a wildlife care center as a teenager, worked in seven different national parks, traveled and worked in Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean where she crewed on sailing yachts and worked at the Oregon Zoo for ten years. She now lives in Central Oregon with rescue dogs Sage and Pippin, shelter cats Amber and Angel, horse Sky, an adopted wild burro Biscuit and mini-mule, Mercy. She currently works as a fish biology field technician helping to restore endangered wild steelhead to Oregon rivers.
"Life on his family's Central Oregon ranch is pretty good for shy,
bookish Jasper, except for two problems. He longs for a dog of his
own and he is a target for the school bully, Colton. For Jasper's
twelfth birthday he is allowed to choose a dog from the local
shelter, and he feels an intense bond with Willie, an old dog whose
blind eyes seem to see into Jasper's heart. Jasper has faith in his
new companion, Willie, even though he is nothing like Colton's dog,
the fastest agility racing dog in the county. At the County Fair
that year, Colton's little sister disappears from the fairgrounds
as wildfires rage nearby. Will Jasper and Willie be able to help
find the girl in time and prove Willie's worth to the others?
[From] the outstanding 'Range Rider' series by Bryn Fleming,
'Jasper and Willie: Wildfire' is a terrifically entertaining read
from beginning to end and especially commended to the attention of
young readers ages 8 to 12. 'Jasper and Willie: Wildfire' is very
highly recommended for school and community library collections."
-Children's Bookwatch
"Set in an unspecified time uncluttered by cellphones and the
Internet, this compassionate adventure plays out . . . Paced at a
smooth canter and tugging at the heartstrings. . . a call to action
for middle-grade animal lovers." -Kirkus Reviews (Cassie and Jasper
to the Rescue)
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