Code word courage
By: Kirby Larson
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780545840750
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Families; Indians of North America; Juvenile fiction; Navajo Indians; Family life; Navajo code talkers; World War, 1939-1945; Fiction; Friendship; Dogs; History
Description: In September 1944, eleven-year-old Billie lives with her great aunt, Doff, eagerly waiting for her older brother Leo to return from boot camp, and desperate to find the father that left when she was little; but Leo brings a friend with him, a Navajo named Denny, and the injured dog they have rescued and named Bear--and when the two young men go off to war, Bear becomes the thread that ties them all together, and helps Billie to find a true friend.
Notes: Accelerated Reader MG 4.1 5 5 194724