Already a Silver Medal winner in the 2020 Readers’ Favourite International Book Award Contest, author Mike Maroney is also in the quarter and semi-final stages of two further international literary competitions for his beautiful and inspiring tale of Mishka.
A pretty near perfect animal action adventure, readers are captivated by not only the heroic actions of Mishka, but Mike Maroney’s relatable characters – both the dastardly and the good guys. Ingeniously setting his story in Siberia, a place we all know little about, also provides plenty of scope for the vivid imaginations of its young readers.
A great bedtime story for youngsters, or an independent read for older children, Mishka wholeheartedly deserves to be recognised as a modern children’s classic. It also beautifully illustrates that special bond between grandparent and grandchild.
Horridgrad in Siberia lived up to its name, a town full of criminals and corrupt officials, ruled by Ivan the Horrid. When Natasha had to stay, her grandfather bought her a snow-white puppy, to cheer her up. She called him Mishka.
Mishka grew to be big and brave. He foiled a post office robbery and saved some children from drowning. Soon he helped scare all the thugs from the streets. Everyone felt safer with Mishka around. But Mishka, turned out to not be a little puppy at all. Ivan was not about to let the ‘Big Dog’ ruin his racket. When he discovered Mishka’s secret he plotted to use it to get rid of him for good.
Published by Talisman, Mishka is available in paperback and in Kindle format on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3z4ijbS and https://amzn.to/2Xs6yz4 respectively
About the author:
Mike Maroney is a graduate of the New Writing South novel writing course. As well as writing Mishka, he has produced and directed two low budget films and a documentary, A Stiff Upper Lip. The documentary was shown at various film festivals and was selected as one of the Best of the Fest at the San Francisco DocFest.
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