Lassie
Come-Home by Eric Knight
My grandmother lived in a very old house with a built in
bookcase in the main room. On the lowest shelf she kept a collection of
children's books left behind when my dad's brothers and sisters grew up and
left home. When we visited grandma, I would choose a book to read while the
adults visited. As I got older and started reading the chapter books, Grandma
told me to pick out some to take home. One of my favorites was Lassie Come-Home. I had watched a tv
show about a dog named Lassie, but this book was the real deal, the story that
inspired the show. And the book was so much better than the show! This was the
first book I ever read that made me cry. Lassie's courage and determination as
she traveled from Scotland to England, and the mixture of cruel and kind people
she met along the way, introduced me to stories with conflict. And there was a
map of Lassie's journey on the inside cover, which I absolutely love! If you only know Lassie from television
reruns, you don't know the real Lassie.
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