Code word courage
Title
:
Code word courage
Personal Author EPSB
:
Kirby, Larson
Summary
:
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.
Year Published
:
2018
Physical Description
:
233 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject
:
Dogs -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Navajo -- Fiction.
Navajo code talkers -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
Summary
:
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.
ISBN
:
9780545840750
Publisher
:
New York, New York : Scholastic Press, 2018.
©2018
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Elizabeth Finch | F LAR | Book | 31459000200726 | Fiction |