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Genre: Historical Fiction and Animals
Letters from Wolfie by Patti Sherlock
A full-fledged civics lesson is embodied in this touching story of
thirteen-year-old Mark, his beloved dog, Wolfie, and the effect of
the Vietnam War on Mark's family in 1960's America. Mark's brother
goes to Vietnam, and after Mark hears that dogs are being used to
help protect the soldiers, he makes the uncomfortable decision to
lend Wolfie to the Army. Unfortunately, once in the Army, dogs are
classified as disposable "equipment,"and Mark must find a way to
bring Wolfie safely back home. At the same time, Mark sees his
family torn apart by conflicting views about the war. Stereotypes
abound in the first part of the story, but Sherlock finds her voice
as she leads readers through Mark's struggles on Wolfie's behalf.
There isn't a happy ending for Wolfie, but real-life efforts similar
to Mark's fictional ones finally yielded results in 2000, when the Military War
Dog Resolution, which stopped the practice of euthanizing dogs at the end of
their service, became law. $7.00
Click on the title below to see if the Peabody Institute Library
has a copy on the shelf.
Letters from Wolfie (2004)
Author: Patti
Sherlock with Shakespeare
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