This story is about a dog. She lives with her family in the country. She loves her family very much especially the son, his name is Joe. Joe's dad lost his job and they couldn't afford to keep Lassie because Joe's dad lost his job and they couldn't afford to keep Lassie. When Lassie got to her new family she wasn't very happy about that because all they did was chain her up behind a fence and just leave her there except when they trained her for a dog show or when they feed her. After a few weeks of living with her new family she finally broke the chain and she ran away off into the forest to go back to Joe and the rest of her real family that she loved. So, she did what any self respecting dog would do, ran away back to her real family. She walked to the forest starting her long journey home to her real family that loves her. Her long journey home began.
     The theme of the story is if you get lost don't give up.  Here are three ways Lassie did not give up the first way is when Lassie hurt  her leg she nursed her self back to health. The second way is when a wolf pack was attacking her she attacked back. The last way is she was thinking about Joe the whole time and it was keeping her going. Lassie never gave up and finally succeeded in her journey to get home!
      I would recommend this book to anyone that like dogs. This book is easy reading for most people.This story is interesting and tells about a cool dogs long journey.