Book Description:


Publisher : Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, October 1, 2012
Category:  Grades 5 & up/YA Crossover
Tour Dates: February, 2013
Available in: Print and Kindle, 320 pages


Like thousands of other children in post-Soviet Russian, five-year-old Mishka finds himself trying to survive on the streets of Moscow after his mother disappears and he has no home. Help comes from an unlikely source: a pack a feral street dogs! For two years, Mishka and the dogs protect and love each other, becoming a family in every sense of the word. When Mishka has the chance to rejoin the world of humans, will he want to? Inspired by a true story!


My Thoughts:


OMG, I loved this book so much!  Let me count the ways.  First, Bobbie Pyron can spin a true story into fiction and turn into a compelling, gripping, heartfelt read.  Second, the characters including the dogs leaped of the page.  I felts like I was the little boy, Ivan while I read. Third, I was not able to put it down!  I was up until 2:30 AM because I had to read the entire book in one sitting, it was that amazing!


I read The Dogs of Winter weeks ago and I cannot get it out of my head.  It even visits me in my dreams.  It is written for as a children\YA crossover but I found it as a crossover to adults as well.  I’m 49 years old and don’t read many children’s books and I loved it. 


I highly recommend this book!  Please watch for my interview with Bobbie Pyron and for your chance to win this book tomorrow!


5/5


I received this book for my honest review.
  

About Bobbie Pyron:


Bobbie was born in Hollywood, Florida and spent her growing up years up in the panhandle, swimming in the Gulf of Mexico and dreaming of being a mermaid.  She has degrees in Psychology and Anthropology, and a Masters degree in Library Science, and has worked as a librarian for over twenty-five years.


Her first book, a novel for teens titled The Ring (WestSide Books), was published in October of 2009. Her second book, A Dog’s Way Home (HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books), was published to starred reviews in March of 2011. The Dog Writers Association of America recently awarded Bobbie the Maxwell Medal of Excellence and the Merial Human-Animal Bond Award.  It was also named a Banks Street Best Books of the Year.


Her new book, The Dogs of Winter (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic), came out October of 2012. The Dogs of Winter is a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Kirkus Best 100 Children’s Books of the Year. Bobbie lives in Park City, Utah with her husband, three dogs, and two cats.

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