Lassie is a novel by Anglo—American writer Eric Knight, published in 1940 and immediately fell in love with readers. In 1943, the first film "Lassie Comes Home" was released, and since then many films and TV series have been made based on the novel. Lassie was even awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Lassie is still one of the most famous dogs, a symbol of dedication and perseverance.In our book, the novel is given in the classical translation by Nadezhda Volpin.For the middle school age. She was sold, forbidden to return and taken hundreds of kilometers away, but she, true to her duty, still strives to return home.This is a story about incredible devotion. Lassie is an extraordinarily beautiful collie, everyone dreams of such a dog. Even the duke has been hoping to buy it for a year, but it's not for sale. One day everything changes, need decides for Sam Carraclough, Lassie no longer belongs to her masters. Humans can understand this, but dogs don't understand commodity-money relations. Lassie constantly returns home, so she was taken hundreds of kilometers away. Will the dog be able to achieve his goal or will he forget his former life?