Calkhoven, Laurie,

Judy, prisoner of war / Prisoner of war, Judy Prisoner of war Laurie Calkhoven. - First edition. - 122 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. - G.I. dogs ; 1 .

Based on the story of a real dog in World War II, and told from the dog's point of view.

Born in Shanghai, China, in 1936, Judy is an English pointer who finds her place on a English gunboat patrolling the Yangtze River, battling pirates, contending with the Japanese occupiers, and protecting her human shipmates--until they all end up in a Japanese prison camp in Sumatra at the beginning of World War II, where every day is a struggle to survive.

Grades 3-6. Grade 4.

9781338185232 (paperback)

2017032547


Great Britain. Royal Navy --History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain Royal Navy --Fiction.


Pointer (Dog breed)--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Juvenile fiction.
Prisoner-of-war camps--Indonesia--Sumatra--Juvenile fiction.
Pointer (Dog breed)--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Fiction.
Prisoner-of-war camps--Fiction.


China--History--1937-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Indonesia--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945--Juvenile fiction.
China--History--1937-1945--Fiction.
Indonesia--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PZ10.3.C145 / Ju 2018

813.6 Fic