Dog

Pedrito's Polish parents survived the horrors of Hitler's forced labor camps. He was born in a Displaced Persons camp in West Germany after World War II. Venezuela gave the family visas, but Pedrito's parents longed to live in the United States, where their three boys could live in the land of freedom, a place with dishwashers, chocolate bars, schools the size of a Venezuelan village. A place where larger-than-life opportunities abound. As the years pass, and the waiting becomes more and more difficult, Pedrito befriends Dog, a South American rooster with a caw so deep he sounds more like a dog barking than a rooster's cock-a-doodle-do. Finally, the visas come through--but what do to with Dog? He's given the family the courage of a survivor along with a household rid of monster spiders, giant cockroaches, and huge rattlesnakes. Can they survive in a place as strange as Cleveland, Ohio, without their protector and hero? A true story of courage, humor, and heart, and learning how circles are strongest when they're opened, 'Dog' has been written for all ages, including young adults.