Copyright © 2013 by Randi Barrow
Map by Peyton Rosenthal and Whitney Lyle

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barrow, Randi G.
Finding Zasha / Randi Barrow. — 1st ed. p. cm.
Prequel to: Saving Zasha.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Ivan has escaped from the Siege of Leningrad, but when the town he has taken refuge in is occupied by Hitler’s troops, he sees his chance to help the partisans he has met—and to rescue two German shepherd puppies, Zasha and Thor, from the cruel Commander Recht.
ISBN 978-0-545-45218-2
1. German shepherd dog — Juvenile fiction. 2. World War, 1939–1945 — Soviet Union — Juvenile fiction. 3. World War, 1939–1945 — Underground movements — Soviet Union — Juvenile fiction. 4. Soviet Union — History — German occupation, 1941–1944 — Juvenile fiction. [1. German shepherd dog — Fiction. 2. Dogs — Fiction. 3. World War, 1939–1945 — Soviet Union — Fiction. 4. World War, 1939–1945 — Underground movements — Soviet Union — Fiction. 5. Soviet Union — History — German occupation, 1941–1945 — Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.B275677Fi 2013
813.6—dc23
2012030834

First edition, January 2013

Cover photo-illustration © 2013 by Marc Tauss
Cover design by Marijka Kostiw and Whitney Lyle

e-ISBN 978-0-545-53223-5

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