It was two years ago when Brant Beach residents Terry and Andrea Allen lost their dog Coco in Barnegat Township. The dark brown, 60-pound mixed breed was on the lam for 28 days until she was caught in a humane trap behind a veterinarian’s office.

Terry Allen put it all together in a book, The Adventures of Coco and Sandy. Sandy is Coco’s “sister,” a similarly sized beige pooch who, like Coco, was a rescue dog. The book is written in the voice of Coco as the narrator.