Saving Zasha
Barrow, Randi2011
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In post-WWII Russia, one boy dares to save an entire race of outlawed dogs -- the German shepherd! 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 in combat, to starvation, and in the slaughter of German dogs that the country is in dire need of every kind of dog. Dimitri, too, has suspicions of Zasha's existance, and would like nothing more than to add her to his breeding program. He'll have to compete with the armed dog thieves who are also on her trail. 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.
Main title:
Saving Zasha / Randi Barrow.
Author:
Barrow, Randi, author
Imprint:
London : Scholastic, 2011.
Collation:
1 v. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Scholastic.
Audience:
pym; pyu.
ISBN:
9781407124780 (pbk)1407124781 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6J
Local class:
FIC.JFJF
Language:
English
Subject:
Accelerated readerAccelerated reader -- AR4.4Accelerated reader -- AR4German shepherd dog -- Juvenile fictionFamilies -- Soviet Union -- Juvenile fictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union -- Juvenile fictionSoviet Union -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944 -- Juvenile fictionChildren's storiesChildren's storiesFiction 9+General
Index terms:
German shepherd dogFamiliesWorld War, 1939-1945dogsfamiliesWorld War TwoSoviet UnionGerman occupationLanguagesAR 4.4
BRN:
736198
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