 | | | | Ratzo |  | Author: Marty Crisp
Publisher: Rising Moon
Category: Book
List Price: $6.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3385474
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0873587235
EAN: 9780873587235
ASIN: 0873587235
Publication Date: September 1998
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Product Description
Having rescued a group of abandoned greyhounds from a desert building, thirteen-year-old Josh plans to race one named Ratzo until he discovers the cruelty of the sport.
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 Other books on greyhound racing August 12, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book only offers one very narrow view of greyhound racing. For critical balance I highly recommend the brilliant 'Man Buys Dog: a loser's guide to greyhound racing' (available from amazon.co.uk) by David Matthews. It's incredibily funny, insightful and moving, and gives a warts and all portrait of the sport. 'When West Ham Went to the Dogs' is also worth a look.
 Wonderful storytelling...and TRUTH April 27, 2001
Personally, I have seen first hand the terrible ways these dogs are treated. To say this is a harmless sport is insane. It's great to have rescue groups for these animals and I support them, but think about it...If these racers love their dogs so much, why would they give them away immediatly after they can't race any longer? That is love? This book shows the truth to this "harmless sport". Dogs are forced to run and when they aren't running, they have to sit in cages that would only comfortably hold a dog the size of a small cocker spaniel. My daughter is 2, and I plan to read this book to her when she is older. Another book I recommend if you liked this is Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams (same writer of Watership Down). It deals with expermintation...but I hardly recommend this one for young kids. And I also recommend Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (or the Secret of NIMH). Both deal with animals suffering for human's enjoyment/curiosity).
This story only shows one side of the pond June 25, 2000
1 out of 11 found this review helpful
I read this book and saw how the author takes sides easy. Does this author work with Greyhounds? Did he research this before he wrote it or did he hear an anti Greyhound racing group on the air talking about things like this? Usually, when someone hears one side of a story, they believe them, because there is no one talking for the other side. Too bad this story would share both sides as well as pros and cons of the racing business.... remember this is a childrens book...do you seriously want them to grow up brainwashed as half the public is already from all this negative publicity of a relatively harmless sport?
Ratzo is a great book, it showed me the dangers of racing May 12, 1999
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved the book Ratzo because I have a greyhound and I never knew how bad racing can be. Marty Crisp really opened my eyes to the dangers of greyhound racing. I encourage you to read this book because it is exciting and teaches you a lot.
Interesting book about a boy who rescued a greyhound dog. December 16, 1998
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I thought this was a well-written book and interesting to read. Many parts were exciting and I wanted to find out how it ended but I didn't want to get to the finish because the story was so moving.
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