Imagine being a dog in a doghouse when a tornado suddenly lifts you up, takes you for a spin, then lands you in someone else's yard. That's how the dog Tornado got his name. Pete, the farmhand, retells his story when a family gathers in the storm cellar to wait out a tornado. The stories Pete tells keep the family from dwelling on the long, black funnel roaring above them.

Tornado © 2000 Betsy Byars. Used with permission of the publisher.