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Operation Rescue Dog

by Maria Gianferrari

Hispanic AmericansRescue dogsDogFictionChildren's fictionRescue work, fictionDogs, fictionHispanic americans, fiction

Lulu sleeps under the moon, drinking from mud puddles and is covered in ticks until she is rescued. She waits for the Operation Rescue Dog truck, scared and uncertain. Alma misses her Mami, who is far away in Iraq. Alma wears Mami's scarf around her like a hug. She wonders: Can a dog feel like a hug?

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Book data: Open Library