Duke
By: Kirby Larson
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780545416382; 9780605867093
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: German shepherd dog; War use; World War, 1939-1945; Juvenile fiction; Fiction; German shepherd dogs; Historical fiction; Human-animal relationships; Dogs; History
Description: In 1944 Hobie Hanson's father is flying B-24s in Europe, so Hobie decides to donate his beloved German shepherd, Duke, to Dogs for Defense in the hope that it will help end the war sooner--but when he learns that Duke is being trained for combat he is shocked, frightened and determined to get his dog back.
Notes: Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award, 2015-2016.
Table of contents: title: Ch. One Are You Doing Everything You Can?; title: ch. Two No, Duke!; title: ch. Three Duke to the Defense; title: ch. Four A Dog for Defense; title: ch. Five Ghost Dog; title: ch. Six Dear Hobie; title: ch. Seven Raising the Flag; title: ch. Eight Plan B; title: ch. Nine A Spot of Trouble; title: ch. Ten A Day to Remember; title: ch. Eleven No More Pencils, No More Books!; title: ch. Twelve Fielder's Choice; title: ch. Thirteen A Doggone Day; title: ch. Fourteen News; title: ch. Fifteen Situation Normal, All Fouled Up (SNAFU); title: ch. Sixteen Tidal Wave; title: ch. Seventeen Bombs Away; title: ch. Eighteen Gum and Gumption; title: ch. Nineteen A Gold Star in the Window; title: ch. Twenty Santa Comes Early; title: ch. Twenty-One Victory in Europe!