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Barrow,
Randi.
SAVING ZASHA New York : Scholastic Press, 2011 IL 5-8, RL 4.0 ISBN 0545206324 |
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"Maybe
the soldier you found wasn't alone. Or he told you something important
before he died. Or he still had his dog with him. His German dog," Katia
said.
It’s 1945, and the war with Germany is finally over. Mikhail, 13, and his family are struggling to survive in their rural Russian community, where everything German is hated and Mikhail’s father is missing in action. An injured soldier had just enough time to entrust the care of his German shepherd to Mikhail before dying, and he and his family are determined to keep and protect this gentle, beautiful dog. But German shepherds are being shot on sight by people who see them as symbols of Hitler’s Germany, and anyone who owns one is considered a traitor to Russia. Will Mikhail and his family be able to keep Zasha safe, especially with the nosey Katia asking so many questions? Read Saving Zasha to find out. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award nominee, 2011-2012) |
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German shepherd dog -- Fiction.
Dogs -- Fiction. Family life -- Russia (Federation) -- Fiction. Reporters and reporting -- Fiction. Single-parent families -- Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 -- Russia (Federation) -- Fiction. Soviet Union -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944 -- Fiction. Historical fiction. |
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