Tough Enough was Beanie Tatum's dog. He was little but he had big ideas which usually carried him straight into mischief. At first, his mischief didn't seem to matter too much. But soon it took a turn that deeply troubled Beanie and led to dramatic adventures.

In this sequel to BEANIE we meet the Tatums again—the Tatums living remote lives high in the Great Smoky Mountains. With Tough Enough and Beanie and Annie Mae, his sister, we go from their frozen hilltop down into a deep valley and discover the wonders of a Smoky Mountain spring. With them we live through tense, daring minutes when a storm brings sudden danger.

TOUGH ENOUGH has humor; it has flavor and suspense. Ruth Carroll's drawings, rich in authentic details, bring the soaring Smokies, and the Tatums' lives there, close to the reader.

From the dust jacket