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Feb 06, 2018 | ISBN 9781101934104 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
Feb 06, 2018 | ISBN 9781101934128 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
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Feb 06, 2018 | ISBN 9781101934104 | Middle Grade (8-12)
Feb 06, 2018 | ISBN 9781101934128 | Middle Grade (8-12)
For fans of Balto and other real-life dog stories, here’s a heavily illustrated middle-grade novel about a canine movie star of the 1920s, dramatically told in both words and pictures by an acclaimed author and a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator.When movie director Larry Trimble travels to Berlin searching for his next big star–a dog!–he finds Etzel, a fierce, highly trained three-year-old German shepherd police dog. Larry sees past the snarls and growls and brings Etzel back to Hollywood, where he is renamed Strongheart. Along with screenwriter Jane Murfin, Larry grooms his protégé to be a star of the silver screen–and he succeeds, starting with Strongheart’s first film, The Love Master, which is released in 1921. Strongheart is soon joined by a leading lady, a German shepherd named Lady Julie, and becomes a sensation. Touching, charming, playful, and based on real events, this moving tale by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Eric Rohmann tells all about “the wonder dog” who took America by storm.A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018
Why did I write Clever Jack Takes the Cake? Mostly for fun, but also because I wanted to try my hand at writing a fairy tale. I do that a lot as a writer—challenge myself to try new things—and tackling… More about Candace Fleming
“With the story’s most incredible plot developments based on fact, this fascinating and heartwarming piece of historical fiction will be met with wonder.”—Booklist, starred review
Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books SELECTION 2018
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