The book is about: Charlie Reed looks like an average high school student, good at baseball and football, and getting good grades. But he carries a heavy burden. When he was seven, his mother died in a terrible accident, and the grief drove his father to alcohol. Charlie learned how to take care of himself - and his father. When Charlie was seventeen, he met a dog named Radar and her elderly owner, Howard Bowditch, a hermit who lived in a mountaintop mansion with a locked shed in the backyard. Strange noises sometimes came from there. Charlie began doing some work for Mr. Bowditch and fell in love with Radar.
本书讲述：查理·里德看起来像个普通的高中生，擅长打棒球和橄榄球，成绩也不错。但他背负着沉重的负担。他七岁时，他的母亲在一场可怕的事故中丧生，而悲伤使得他的父亲沉溺于酒精。查理学会了如何照顾自己——也学会了照顾他的父亲。当查理十七岁时，他遇到了一只名叫雷达的狗和她年迈的主人霍华德·鲍迪奇，一位住在山顶大宅里的隐士，大宅后院里有一个上锁的棚屋。那里有时会传出奇怪的声音。查理开始为鲍迪奇先生做些工作，并爱上了雷达。
本书讲述：查理·里德看起来像个普通的高中生，擅长打棒球和橄榄球，成绩也不错。但他背负着沉重的负担。他七岁时，他的母亲在一场可怕的事故中丧生，而悲伤使得他的父亲沉溺于酒精。查理学会了如何照顾自己——也学会了照顾他的父亲。当查理十七岁时，他遇到了一只名叫雷达的狗和她年迈的主人霍华德·鲍迪奇，一位住在山顶大宅里的隐士，大宅后院里有一个上锁的棚屋。那里有时会传出奇怪的声音。查理开始为鲍迪奇先生做些工作，并爱上了雷达。
