Mike Abbot doesn't want a trip to Crater Lake National Park, or a puppy, but his dad seems to have forgotten he is seventeen, not seven. None of his dad's efforts are going to fix what is broken, or restore what they've lost, but Mike is afraid, if he points that out, he might lose the only parent he has left. When Mike takes the puppy on the trail around the crater to do its business, a strange sign rises out of the morning fog to warn him: Keep animals leashed at all times. Pets have been known to vanish over the rim. And when the dog does just that--vanishes over the crater's edge--it seems the universe and the strange village nestled outside of time on Wizard Island have plans for Mike that will change both worlds forever.AWARDSOver the Rim was nominated and short-listed for a 2010 Sir Julius Vogel Award for best novellette/novella.