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Rika's Shepherd Paperback – May 28, 2018

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Rika is a happy, energetic girl in control of her life and her small flock of sheep and helping her father run their farm and household since her mother died six years earlier. The one thing that would make life even more perfect would be a Border collie pup she could train to herd the sheep. But her tidy life begins to unravel with the discovery of a deadly coyote attack on her flock.

With the help of a young veterinarian, and an eccentric breeder of guard dogs, Rika takes on more responsibilities. She encounters challenges which reveal that she has not coped well with the death of her mother, especially when her father and the veterinarian become romantically entangled. Rika is further demoralized when she fails to train a guard dog pup and must return him to the breeder. When the valuable and beloved older dog who guards her sheep is gravely injured because of her poor judgment, Rika slips into a depression.

When Rika starts to get better, she takes stock of her blessings, and begins to deal with the changes that are imposed on her. She makes amends with her future stepmother, and the injured dog, now recovered, is returned to her care.

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  1. Reading age
    8 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    96 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    4 - 7
  5. Dimensions
    5.2 x 0.4 x 7.4 inches
  6. Publisher
    Acorn Press
  7. Publication date
    May 28, 2018
  8. ISBN-10
    1773660012
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1773660011
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An action-packed adventure.

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rural life, farming, sheep, dog training, step parents, depression

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Acorn Press (May 28, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1773660012
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1773660011
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 4 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.4 x 7.4 inches

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Orysia Dawydiak

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Orysia Dawydiak is a first generation Ukrainian born in the early 1950's in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. She learned to speak English on the streets, playing with the children of other immigrants from many countries, but she insisted they speak Ukrainian when they were at her home. Two of her passions from an early age were animals and books. She eventually became a medical technologist at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Prince Edward Island, where she lives on a farm, raises sheep and livestock guardians, and writes books about these unique working dogs. She also writes stories and novels for children and adults, her two passions fully realized.

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