Sirius The Dog Star
Angeli Perro

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Book Description Nathan is the youngest sailor aboard the Goldhunter. It is an exciting but sometimes lonely life sailing along the East Coast in the winter of 1897, but fortunately Nathan has a loyal friend and helpmate in Sirius, the huge Newfoundland dog that lives aboard ship. Everyone on the Goldhunter enjoys the dog's companionship, but it is not until one terrible, windy night along a dangerous part of Maine coast that they experience what makes Newfoundlands really special: These dogs are powerful swimmers with a natural instinct to rescue anyone in trouble. Based on an actual event, Sirius, the Dog Star is more than just a story of friendship. It is also about courage and adventure - and Nathan's terrible dilemma when he realizes that he must ask Sirius to risk his own life to save the Goldhunter's shipwrecked crew.