Publisher's Synopsis
Ivan and his mother and grandmother are happy together. Then Grandmother dies, and he comes along making Ivan share his mother. When Mother disappears, he insists he doesn't know what has happened, and Ivan finds himself alone, cold and abandoned on the streets of Moscow, with little chance to make it through the harsh winter. Help comes in an unexpected form: Ivan is adopted by a pack of dogs. The creatures quickly become more than just his street companions, they are his family. But Ivan can't stay hidden from the world for ever.
