Smells Like Dog by Suzanne Selfors

From the Publisher: "Meet Homer Pudding, an ordinary farm boy who's got big dreams-to follow in the footsteps of his famous treasure-hunting uncle. But when Uncle Drake mysteriously disappears, Homer inherits two things: a lazy, droopy dog with no sense of smell, and a mystery."
Publisher: Little Brown, 2010, 368 pp.

The Mysterious Howling by MaryRose Wood

15-year-old Penelope Lumley, educated at Swanborne Academy, accepts her  first position as governess at Aston Place.  Mysteries abound when Penelope discovers that the children she is suppose to care for have been raised by wolves!  The first in a proposed series, The Mysterious Howling is a great book.
Publisher: Harper Collins, 2010, 267 pp.