Summer & Shiner is a book about a boy named Carley, his blood brothers for life named Troop, Carley's pet Shiner, and their adventures during one summer . Carley is the president of the mustangs, the club that gets together for group activities and initiation ceremonies throughout the book. One night Carley and Troop go to the jail to see a man named Luke Webster who is very crazy. Because of the visit, Carley and Troop meet and rescue Shiner, the best pet ever, who happens to be a racoon. Carley and Shiner go through quite a lot of adventures together, including surviving a flood, rescuing a dog, and accidentally destroying a pie stand. Shiner once fights a dog and wins, but the dog doesn't die. But Shiner also has somewhat of a bad side, because he will bite anyone he doesn't trust, which makes him dangerous at times.