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Bel Ria

Dog of War (New York Review Children's Collection)
Pages
256
Published
1977
Language
English

Synopsis

When his owner is killed during the German invasion of France in the summer of 1940, a little performing dog changes the lives of successive caretakers as he journeys through the war-ravaged countryside looking for a permanent home

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Sheila Burnford

Sheila Burnford (11 May 1918 – 20 April 1984) was a Scottish-born writer of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. Educated in England, France and Germany, she served as a volunteer ambulance driver during the Second World War before emigrating to Canada in 1948 and settling in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario. Her best-known book, The Incredible Journey (1961) — the story of two dogs and a cat making their way home through the Ontario wilderness — became an international bestsell...

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