Title: The dogs of winter
Description: Brought to Leningrad in 1990s Russia by his mother's abusive boyfriend, five-year-old Mishka is forced by a gang of homeless children to lie and steal until he finds comfort and love with a pack of dogs. Includes historical note.
Subjects: Street children, Gangs, Fiction, Homeless persons, Human-animal relationships, Dogs, Children's fiction, Homeless persons, fiction, Human-animal relationships, fiction, Dogs, fiction, Gangs, fiction, Moscow (russia), fiction
Places: Russia (Federation), Saint Petersburg (Russia)