This book’s strengths come in the tales of camaraderie and survival among the dogs and wolves, culminating regularly in small skirmishes and epic standoffs. If I had of read it as a child, it would have been up there with The Silver Brumby and Black Beauty -- which is high praise, indeed. Two and a half stars, for the writing's merits when we can see them, and for the superb art here and there. There are many things people from west take for granted, that they just simply are and were, and this is one of the examples. Where some animal adventures toe the line of fantasy, with its characters speaking or having lore and anthropomorphized culture, this one feels urgent, wild, and real.

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But at a subterrenean level the descriptions of the behaviour of wolves and dogs, the fight sequences , the hunt scenarios, especially the confrontation with lynxes and wolves , counterbalances self preservation and brutality. and while some people in occupied countries might have thought (or still think), this is absolutely disgusting message to send to the kids. From breakfast, alongside some of the attendees, who were talking books with each other a mile a minute, to the public event at The Sheldonian where everyone was lively and engaged – I felt I had arrived in a kind of literary heaven. The prose is easy to get through without sacrificing any of the emotional impact; I finished the whole thing in a day yet I was moved despite the speed of which I went through with it.He loved it and I loved it just as much, maybe for different reasons - I loved the beautiful prose and the poignancy, and my son loved the adventures and fight/flight/survival scenes.

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The page decorations are a nice touch, and the details about living in the wild and puppies eating regurgitated worms will appeal to fans of Hunter's Survivors or Lorentz's Dogs of the Drowned City. I think the ends of the stories, especially as humans enter them, can help bring that connection back to a safe place. But this is also a story about hope, and she finally has a long overdue slice of luck just before the end.The transformation of Laika was as intriguing to witness as the growing proximity between Misha and Saluki.