Laika the Astronaut

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Laika is a homeless stray living on the streets of Moscow when she is picked by the space programme to be the first ever animal launched into orbit However, her rocket disappears and everyone thinks Laika is lost forever - no one knows what happened to her. In Owen Davey's imaginative story you discover that Laika was rescued by a loving new owner and found her true home on a planet far, far away.