A fic­tion­al memo­r­i­al to the author’s dog, this self-pub­lished book with ama­teur­ish but ser­vice­able writ­ing, takes place in Ger­many dur­ing the Nazi peri­od. It is mod­eled after three true Holo­caust sto­ries about lives on the run try­ing to escape from Nazi pur­suers. It is now one long sto­ry with ​“Wolf,” the large black dog, star­ring through­out. What a dog! First, he saves the young boy from drown­ing as the fam­i­ly tries to escape the Nazis and then con­tin­ues to save the day as the hero meets oth­er hunt­ed char­ac­ters in the woods. Lat­er, in the moun­tains, he has adven­tures that ulti­mately lead them to the safe­ty of Switzer­land. The sim­ple writ­ing and short sen­tences would be good for reluc­tant teenage read­ers. And Hol­ly­wood could have a new dog hero.