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Dog Star
Megan Shepherd
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-374-31458-3
Keywords: space race, Soviet Union, science experimentation, loyalty, animal behavior, friendship, Cold War
Laika, a stray dog in the Soviet Union, is sent into outer space. Ethical and political considerations are explored within the context of a girl's friendship with the heroic dog. Archival photos. Back matter.