This is more than just another story about a boy and his dog. In the tradition of Barrow, it is truly a heroic tale about World War II regarding Ivan (a twelve-year-old boy) and Zasha (his German shepherd).
The setting is the early 1940s at the beginning of the long German siege on Leningrad when Ivan is sent to live elsewhere for his own safety. The journey to leave Leningrad is long and hard. Even...
This is more than just another story about a boy and his dog. In the tradition of Barrow, it is truly a heroic tale about World War II regarding Ivan (a twelve-year-old boy) and Zasha (his German shepherd).
The setting is the early 1940s at the beginning of the long German siege on Leningrad when Ivan is sent to live elsewhere for his own safety. The journey to leave Leningrad is long and hard. Even after Ivan leaves, the town he moves into is taken over by the Nazis as well. Unfortunately, it is at this point that one of the Nazi soldiers, Axel Recht, chooses Ivan to work for the Reich. Luckily, Ivan is asked to train the Nazi dogs (Ivan's most beloved kind of animal).
Ivan turns the Nazi dog-training into a rescue mission (for the dogs) and a sabotage mission (of the Nazis). In short, Ivan trains the dogs not to kill. Meanwhile, Ivan gets close to both Zasha and Thor (two German shepherds he is training). Eventually, Ivan escapes with both dogs, but is hunted down by Axel Recht and his men.
Ivan experiences many of the World War II battles as he hides from Axel Recht. Zasha and Thor both protect Ivan and need protection. The end to this story is about Ivan's possible reunion with Zasha (after losing him for a while) and with his own mother.
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