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The Incredible Journey

By: Sheila Burnford

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A classic Canadian story of the bravery and ingenuity of three animals who find their way home. First published in 1961, The Incredible Journey tells the story of three pets: a young Labrador retriever, an old bull terrier, and a Siamese cat. While their owners are away in England, they are being cared for by a family friend at his home in the country. But a miscommunication occurs between the friend and his housekeeper when he goes on a hunting trip, and the animals are left alone for a several hours, with a gnawing instinct that something has gone wrong. They soon set off on a journey to find home, which instinct tells them is to the west. They travel 400 kilometres across the Northern Ontario wilderness, facing many obstacles along the way: swift-flowing rivers and the rugged landscape; wild animals and unsympathetic humans; starvation, injuries and sheer exhaustion. Separately they would not have survived, but together this disparate group prevails, and they find their way home to the family they love.

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155

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Scholastic Inc.

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1443146196

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9781443146197

Bel Ria

Dog of War

By: Sheila Burnford

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Bel Ria

Dog of War

By: Sheila Burnford

Sheila Burnford, the author of The Incredible Journey, offers the spellbinding tale of a small dog caught up in the Second World War, and of the extraordinary life-transforming attachments he forms with the people he encounters in the course of a perilous passage from occupied France to besieged England.Nameless, Burnford’s hero first turns up as a performing dog, a poodle mix earning his keep as part of a gypsy caravan that is desperately fleeing the Nazi advance. Taken on ship by the Royal Navy, he is given the name of Ria and serves as the scruffy mascot to a boatload of sailors. Marooned in England in the midst of the Blitz, Ria rescues an old woman from the rubble of her bombed house, and finds himself unexpectedly transformed into Bel, the coiffed and pampered companion of her old age.Bel Ria is an exciting story about a compellingly real, completely believable dog. Readers of all sorts and ages will find in Bel Ria a companion to take to heart.

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225

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New York Review of Books

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1681374471

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9781681374475

Bel Ria

Dog of War

By: Sheila Every Burnford

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Bel Ria

Dog of War

By: Sheila Every Burnford

Sheila Burnford, the author of "The Incredible Journey," offers the spellbinding tale of a small dog caught up in the Second World War, and of the extraordinary life-transforming attachments he forms with the people he encounters in the course of a perilous passage from occupied France to besieged England. Nameless, Burnford's hero first turns up as a performing dog, a poodle mix earning his keep as part of a gypsy caravan that is desperately fleeing the Nazi advance. Taken on ship by the Royal Navy, he is given the name of Ria and serves as the scruffy mascot to a boatload of sailors. Marooned in England in the midst of the Blitz, Ria rescues an old woman from the rubble of her bombed house, and finds himself unexpectedly transformed into Bel, the coiffed and pampered companion of her old age. "Bel Ria" is an exciting story about a compellingly real, completely believable dog. Readers of all sorts and ages will find in "Bel Ria" a companion to take to heart.

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203

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London : M. Joseph

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0718116348

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9780718116347

Standards Based End-of-Book Test for Tangerine

By: Anne Troy,Novel Units, Inc. Staff,Phyllis Green,Sheila Every Burnford

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By: Anne Troy,Novel Units, Inc. Staff,Phyllis Green,Sheila Every Burnford

Describes suggested activities to accompany the reading of The incredible journey.

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The Incredible Journey

The Incredible Journey

Bel Ria

Bel Ria

Bel Ria

Bel Ria

Standards Based End-of-Book Test for Tangerine

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