After living in Chicago apartments his whole life, Brad loves his new home in rural Oklahoma. He's even got an instant best friend: Nolan, his neighbor at the next farm. And now that his family has a house with a yard, he's sure his parents will finally let him get a dog. But all his dad keeps saying is "We'll see." Then Brad discovers an orphaned coyote pup and decides that this is the dog he wants. Soon he is secretly taking care of the wild animal, feeding it, training it, and playing with it in the old dog pen behind the barn. He figures he'll tell his parents about Scooter once he's tame. But can Scooter ever be tamed? Can a wild animal ever be a pet?