The Dog | David Paul Kirkpatrick
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To help her son grow strong, a mother finds a rescue dog to be herthirteen-year-old boy's companion. Set in a small New England town during thepost-war years of WWII, the dog is more than a story of a boy and his bestfriend. It is a celebration of the love every dog brings into a family as hetransforms a house into a home. Like all dogs, Shadow is filled with miracles.In the tradition of The Yearling, and Born Free, the dogcarries an epic punch. Funny, insightful, and heart-wrenching, the dog hasoverwhelmed readers with the transformational beauty of its heartbreakingconclusion.
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