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Darling, Mercy Dog of World War I
Author:
Hart, Alison
Illustrator:
Montgomery, Michael
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Series:
Dog chronicles, #1
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Class:
Fiction
Age: 7-10
Language: English
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LC: PZ10.3
Grade: 2-5
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ISBN-13: 9781561457052
LCCN: 2012050991
Imprint: Peachtree Publishers
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Pub Date: 10/01/2013
Availability: Available
List: $12.95
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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163 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
H 7.75",
W 5.75",
D 0.7",
0.7125 lbs.
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LC Series:
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Dog chronicles
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Children
Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles
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Bibliographies:
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Awards:
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Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
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Starred Reviews:
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TIPS Subjects:
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Military Fiction
Historical Fiction
Pets/Domestic Animals
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BISAC Subjects: |
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Europe
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LC Subjects:
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Collie, Fiction
Collie, Juvenile fiction
Dogs, War use, Fiction
Search dogs, Fiction
Search dogs, Juvenile fiction
Soldiers, Fiction
World War, 1914-1918, Fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
Collies, Fiction
Dogs, War use, Fiction
Search dogs, Fiction
Soldiers, Fiction
World War, 1914-1918, Fiction
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
4.9
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Points: 3.0
Lexile Level:
660
Reading Counts Level:
3.8
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Points: 7.0
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles | 01/01/2014 |
| Darling gets into a new kind of mischief when the beloved dog is sent to the battlefield to help find injured soldiers and guide the medics their way during the war effort. Leaving England means saving lives for the new mercy dog, who soon faces a major obstacle. Dog chronicles series, 160pp., Ill. |
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| Journal Reviews |
| Booklist | 12/01/2013 |
| Grades 3-5. Darling, the book's charming narrator, is an adventurous dog from a loving home in England. When WWI breaks out, the British army teaches her to be a mercy dog--one who locates wounded soldiers on the battlefield regardless of danger: gunfire, bomb blasts, poison gas, uneven terrain, and barbed wire. Renamed "War Dog 204," Darling takes the reader from her village, to the training ground, and into the trenches of war-torn Belgium. She relates the sights, sounds, smells, and fears associated with war while valiantly putting her life on the line. In the heat of the Battle of Messines Ridge, Darling is wounded but manages to save trapped soldiers. This chapter book offers an introduction to the Great War but focuses on the unsung heroes of the battlefield. Darling's tale is supplemented with interesting facts and background information about dogs and war, and this first book in the Dog Chronicles series will certainly delight young readers who love stories about their canine pals. Fredriksen, Jeanne E. 176p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2013. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 05/01/2014 |
| 3. It's 1917 in Cosham, England, and a family's pet collie, Darling, becomes a Red Cross mercy dog, seeking out wounded soldiers in need. In tense first-person narration, Darling relates her journey from England to France as she goes from reluctant helper to WWI hero. Light sketches further evoke time and place. Appended historical background supplements the narrative. Reading list, websites. Bib. arm. 162pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2014. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 09/15/2013 |
| Darling, a rambunctious family dog, is drafted to serve in the British Army during World War I. The dog's-eye view offers a unique look at the lives of both two-footed and four-footed soldiers fighting at the front. Darling, desperate to return home, looks for every opportunity to run away, but when she happens upon a wounded soldier, she also discovers her true calling as a "mercy dog," searching out soldiers in need. Other dogs in her regiment are trained as messengers, scouts or sentries. Dogs travel with their handlers through France and Belgium toward their ultimate destination: no man's land. Darling quickly learns the brutality of war, watching dogs and soldiers die on both sides of the battlefield. She notes that the hated Germans are barely older than the children she left behind at home. The simple narrative is detailed but never graphic. Specifics about weapons and geography often outpace a dog's understanding, but this break in narration is only occasionally distracting. While never shying away from the tragedies of battle, Darling's story focuses on bravery, sacrifice and devotion. Finely detailed pencil sketches and an afterword explaining the history behind the story are included. Wartime adventure with plenty of heart. (Historical fiction. 7-10). 160pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2013. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 09/23/2013 |
| Ages 7-10. A rambunctious family pet becomes a vigilant Red Cross dog in this first book in Hart's Dog Chronicles. A herder by breed, Darling constantly runs away from her young owners, Robert and Katherine, and insists, "I didn't care about war and hard times" when the children's father ships out from England to France during WWI. The dog has a change of attitude after her family, unable to pay the increased dog tax, volunteers her for service in the British army. Though the dog doesn't actually perform a rescue mission until more than halfway through the novel, her descriptions of life on the Belgian front carry weight. Montgomery's soft pencil drawings reinforce the affection between Darling and her handlers, and back matter offers additional facts about WWI and military dogs. (Oct.). 176p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2013. |
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