Code word courage /
Larson, Kirby,
Code word courage / Kirby Larson. - First edition. - 233 pages; 22 cm
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.
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2017035321
Dogs--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Navajo Indians--Juvenile fiction.
Navajo code talkers--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America--California--Juvenile fiction.
United States--History--1933-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Code word courage / Kirby Larson. - First edition. - 233 pages; 22 cm
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.
9780545840750 0545840759
2017035321
Dogs--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Navajo Indians--Juvenile fiction.
Navajo code talkers--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America--California--Juvenile fiction.
United States--History--1933-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.