Dog Food

Twelveyearold Lily lives with her father who has been suspended from the police force and her stepmother Her parents sell Lilys aging dog to Mr Teban for dog meat Lily convinces Mr Teban to return her dog and the she begins a friendship with the dog meat seller much to the disgust of her friends and family Mr Teban becomes her surrogate father and supports Lily against her abusive father and ineffectual stepmother