The Dogs of Winter

by Bobbie Pyron

  First edition, October 2012

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Pyron, Bobbie.

  The dogs of winter / by Bobbie Pyron. — 1st ed.

  p. cm.

  Summary: Brought to Moscow 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.

  ISBN 978-0-545-39930-2 (hardcover: alk. paper) [1. Street children — Fiction. 2. Homeless persons — Fiction. 3. Human-animal relationships — Fiction. 4. Dogs — Fiction. 5. Gangs — Fiction. 6. Moscow (Russia) — Fiction. 7. Russia (Federation) — Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.P999Dno 2012

  [Fic] — dc23

  2011051519

  Cover art © 2012 by Bagram Ibatoulline

  Cover design by Whitney Lyle

  e-ISBN: 978-0-545-46985-2

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