A Dog's Journey

This book starts out with us meeting Buddy. He is a self proclaimed good dog. His previous master Ethan has died. He takes a liking to Ethan's granddaughter Clarity, who goes by the nickname CJ. Unfortunately Buddy dies before CJ grows up.

Miraculously, Buddy is reborn into another puppy's body. It is a different breed of dog. Somehow he is able to find CJ and become one of her pets. CJ has a lot of problems. She has an abusive mother. She seems to date all the wrong boys, which causes problems with the law.

Buddy dies a few more times in this book. However he keeps finding a way to reunite with CJ in his reincarnated puppy bodies. Eventually CJ gets old, sick, and dies herself. Buddy goes on. He has found his purpose. He is there to help people (and be a good dog).

This novel is by W. Bruce Cameron, who happens to be the author for the Repo Man series of books I like.