Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam
By Cynthia Kadohata
Publisher
Atheneum
Imprint
Atheneum
ISBN
By Cynthia Kadohata
1416906371
Awards and Honors 2010 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Winner, Grades 6-8; 2008 IRA Children’s Choices, Grades 5-6 | 2008 IRA Teachers’ Choices, Advanced | NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2008, World History and Culture | Book Sense Children’s Picks – Spring 2007Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam
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SKU
9781416906377J
Cracker is a German shepherd, "born to be a beloved queen and eat good snacks." Rick is a teenage soldier out to have some adventures and "whip the world." Both are headed for Vietnam, where Rick will have to make Cracker the best bomb-sniffing dog in the Army. If he doesn't, Cracker and Rick might not make it home alive. A 2008 IRA Children's Choices selection and a 2008 IRA Teachers' Choices selection.
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