Interesting book in that the author starts the book with the human perspective - a little girl gets a white puppy 2 days called Zoya before the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes and she has to leave it behind to fend for itself. The next chapter sees us following the narrative of two entirely new puppies Misha and Bratan from their perspective and its only as you keep reading that you realise that it is some years after the accident. Eventually SPOILER ALERT we come to realise that the puppie's mother is actually Zoya and she has mated with a wolf to produce these tough hybrid offspring, who face bears, humans, wolves and many other challenges in the woods around Chernobyl.
For kids who like Red Dog, Dog with Seven Names, etc. This book is at times gut wrenching and at other times super-soppy and too good to be true. One for true dog lovers. ( )