Saving Zasha / Randi Barrow.
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TextPublication details: New York : Scholastic Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 229 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0545206324 (alk. paper)
- 9780545206327 (alk. paper)
- Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Russia (Federation) -- Juvenile fiction
- German shepherd dog -- Juvenile fiction
- Reporters and reporting -- Juvenile fiction
- Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Russia (Federation) -- Juvenile fiction
- Soviet Union -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944 -- Juvenile fiction
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Barrow Randi G. | Available | 33111006354274 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
World War II has just ended when thirteen-year-old Mikhail finds a dying man and his German shepherd, Zasha, in the woods. It's dangerous-some say traitorous-to own a German dog after Germany attacked Russia, so Mikhail must keep Zasha a secret to keep her alive.
But Mikhail's rival, Katia, is determined to find the dog she is sure he's hiding. At the same time, a soldier named Dimitri is breeding a new Russian dog at a nearby farm. So many dogs were lost to starvation and in combat that the country is in dire need of every kind of dog. Dimitri, too, has suspicions of Zasha's existence, and would like nothing more than to add her to his breeding program.
Mikhail's inspiring journey to save his best friend, the last German shepherd in Russia, forces him to face some of life's hardest lessons about war, hate, forgiveness, hope, love, and man's best friend.
In 1945 Russia, those who own German shepherds are considered traitors, but thirteen-year-old Mikhail and his family are determined to keep the dog a dying man brought them, while his classmate Katia strives to learn his secret.