a wonder

how did you come up with this book and come up with all of this story

It started with finding such a dog in West Virginia, and then asking myself questions:   If I was eleven years old and wanted to get this dog away from its abusive owner, how would I do it?   Then I threw obstacles in the way:  my dad says we can’t afford a dog; the owner won’t sell it; I try to hide it and this makes the situation even worse…..