In 1914 Russia, Lara is being groomed by her father to be the next kennel steward for the Count’s borzoi dogs unless her mother bears a son, but her visions, although suppressed by her father, seem to suggest she has special bond with the dogs.

• ISBN: 9780307931740
• Author: O'Brien, Annamarie
• Published: 2013 , Alfred A. Knopf
• Themes: Dogs, Family life, gender roles, Siblings
• Descriptors: Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, Russia
• No. of pages: 193