The Bomber Dog

WWII. Grey is a German Shepherd or, as the British people call them, an Alsatian. He is a stray and lives with former house pet Molly. They make a living in the streets of Dover by eating out of the pig bins .One night, a bomb falls very close to their hide-out and Molly is badly wounded. An SPCA assistant takes Molly away with the help of a young soldier, Nathan, who takes Grey home with him. The following morning, Nathan takes Grey to War Dog Training School on his way to Basic Soldier 
Training. He was sad to leave Grey, so he was absolutely ecstatic to hear that he'll be training Grey as a paradog. He is afraid of heights, but if his dog can do it, he can to! His mission is to go undercover into France and find out what guns the Germans are using. But on the night of the jump into France, their plane is attacked by Germen plains. Grey and Nathan jump, but the wind causes them to land miles apart. Will they ever see each other again?

 Yet another magnificent story by Megan Rix! She has a talent for creating stories that make you want jump for joy! The only criticism I can give is that I felt like some parts of the book could use a little more description. Also, I think that the back of the book is a little misleading. It reads:

GREY is just a PUPPY when he arrives at the WAR DOG TRAINING SCHOOL. NATHAN, his trainer, is a brave young soldier. WOLF is a war dog who's seen it all.

Grey and Nathan son become inseparable. Until the day a parachute jump goes tragically wrong... As the Second World War rages, Grey faces his most important mission yet: to find his best friend. With Wolf at his side, he must journey across France and behind enemy lines. His path is fraught with danger: can he reach Nathan before it's too late?

So, when you read this, you think, ''This story is about a dog who is on a mission to find his friend.'' But, out of the 258 paged book, only 70 pages are about Grey searching for Nathan, whilst the rest of the book is how they train and that sort of thing. The back says that Grey travels alongside Wolf, but he never does. Wolf is only in the story for about 10 pages. Besides that, this is a very good book and deserves a lot of praise!
   
Pages: 258
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