The dogs of winter

By Bobbie Pyron

Subjects: Gangs, fiction, Homeless persons, fiction, Moscow (russia), fiction, Human-animal relationships, Dogs, fiction, Street children, Gangs, Dogs, Homeless persons, Fiction, Children's fiction, Human-animal relationships, fiction

Description: Brought to Leningrad in 1990s Russia by his mother's abusive boyfriend, five-year-old Mishka is forced by a gang of homeless children to lie and steal until he finds comfort and love with a pack of dogs. Includes historical note.