Look Back, Moss | 
 enlarge | Author: Betty Levin
Publisher: Amazon Remainders Account
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 3612167
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
ASIN: B000H2M6RG
Publication Date: August 20, 1998
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Product Description
In this stirring sequel to Away to Me, Moss, Moss the Border Collie finds himself far from home and badly hurt after a disastrous rescue attempt by a well-meaning team of animal activists. The team's plan was meant to liberate. But the result is mayhem, and Moss nearly pays the ultimate price. Only the gritty resolve of a young boy who is drawn to the wayward dog will determine whether or not Moss will be able to return to the work he was bred for -- and be reunited with his broken-hearted owner.
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Disappointing November 11, 2000
Rosemary Amey (Toronto)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Betty Levin, who raises and trains sheepdogs, clearly had a specific agenda in mind when she wrote this book--to defend the use of sheepdogs, and smear animal rights activists. Her expertise on sheepdogs allows her to create a rich and complex character in Moss, the sheepdog of the title. However, the "animal rights" characters are poorly developed, inconsistent, and unbelieveable. Her contempt for animal rights activists is obvious: in this book, they are uniformly stupid, impulsive, hypocritical (most of them eat meat!), and unethical (compelling a child to engage in illegal activities). At one point, Levin suggests that Jody's mother was "brainwashed" by the other activists.I have never heard of any animal rights activists being concerned about the plight of sheepdogs, but after reading this book, I wonder if maybe there is cause for concern. Why is Levin so hostile and defensive? Her unrealistic depiction of animal activists leads me to wonder if Moss's yearning to return to his work as a sheepdog is pure invention as well.
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