Hachi, an Akita pup, reveres his master and likes nothing more than accompanying Japanese professor Eizaburo Ueno to his morning train and then meeting him in the afternoon. One day the professor dies while at work, yet the faithful Hachi awaits his return at the station every day until his own death some 10 years later. Newman’s fictionalized account of this true story adds a young boy, Yasuo, who befriends the dog and the professor and later cares for Hachi during his steadfast vigil at the Shibuya train station in Japan.

Related: All Ages, Asia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan

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• ISBN: 0545071828
• Author: Newman, Leslea
• Illustrator: Kodaira, Machiyo
• Published: 2008, Scholastic Inc.
• Themes: Dog, Love, Loyalty
• Descriptors: All Ages, Asia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan
• No. of pages: 96