For fans of Balto and other real-life dog stories, here's a heavily
illustrated middle-grade novel about a canine movie star of the 1920s,
dramatically told in both words and pictures by an acclaimed author and
a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator.
When movie director Larry Trimble travels to Berlin searching for his
next big star--a dog!--he finds Etzel, a fierce, highly trained
three-year-old German shepherd police dog. Larry sees past the snarls
and growls and brings Etzel back to Hollywood, where he is renamed
Strongheart. Along with screenwriter Jane Murfin, Larry grooms his
protégé to be a star of the silver screen--and he succeeds, starting
with Strongheart's first film, The Love Master, which is released in
1921. Strongheart is soon joined by a leading lady, a German shepherd
named Lady Julie, and becomes a sensation.
Touching, charming, playful, and based on real events, this moving tale
by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Eric Rohmann tells all about "the
wonder dog" who took America by storm.
A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018
A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018