Displaying 1 of 1 2018 Format: Book Author: Larson, Kirby, author. Title: Code word courage / Kirby Larson. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Scholastic Press, 2018. Description: 233 pages ; 22 cm Publication Year: 2018 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. Target Audience Note: 8-12 Brodart. 3-7 Brodart. 590 Lexile. Subjects: Dogs -- Juvenile fiction. Dogs -- Fiction. Families -- Juvenile fiction. Family life -- Fiction. Navajo Indians -- Juvenile fiction. Navajo Indians -- Fiction. Navajo code talkers -- Juvenile fiction. Indians of North America -- California -- Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction. Navajo code talkers -- Fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Indians of North America -- California -- Juvenile fiction. Native Americans -- Fiction. Dogs -- Fiction. Historical fiction. War stories. Animals -- Fiction. JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile fiction. United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction. United States -- Fiction. Genre: Historical fiction. Notes: Horn Book Guide, May 01, 2019 Booklist, March 15, 2018 School Library Journal, March 01, 2018 Kirkus Reviews, February 15, 2018 Accelerated Reader MG 4.1 5 194724. Reading Counts 3-5 3.3 9 73312. LCCN: 2017035321 ISBN: 9780545840750 0545840759 Current Holds: 0 Local Availability:1 (of 1) System Availability:2 (of 2) Control Number: 2131838 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
