I want to meet this young man. I want to meet the dogs. This author brought Ivan and his pack into my heart and home.

Booktalk ideas: Ivan was five years old when his life disintegrated. Babushka was dead. His mother was missing. To avoid a beating by his mother's boyfriend, Ivan runs; runs into the city streets. Soon his only friends are a pack of wild dogs. Together they forage for food and protect each other. The city trains become their winter home until the Crow Boy gang makes life too dangerous. Survival will mean finding another home.