Sweet-natured Labrador retriever Charlotte is adopted by the Marshall family for their 10-year-old daughter Maggie-a lonely girl who doesn't think she needs a dog. Dad Rick Marshall works as a K9 search and rescue handler, with his no-nonsense German shepherd, Hans. Can Charlotte earn Maggie's love? Can she become a search and rescue dog like Hans? Can she do both in time to save Maggie from a life-threatening emergency? Charlotte and the Search Dogs is the 2nd in the Shelter Dogs series. This book is ideal for elementary school children as an "early reader" book, or for younger children as a "read to me!" book. Kids as young as 4 and as old as 14 loved its predecessor, Astray and the Shelter Dogs.