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Barrow, Randi

Saving Zasha

333 pp. | Scholastic | January, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-20632-7 $16.99
(4) 4-6 Mikhail protects dog Zasha after her owner's death. In post-WWII Russia, though, German shepherds are outlaws ("Only traitors would keep a German shepherd...maybe you are hiding a German, and not just a German dog"). Canine thieves, a secret Russian dog-breeding program, and a subplot involving Mikhail's missing solider-father keep the pace moving (sometimes at the expense of character development).
Reviewer: Lauren Aimonette LIang

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