Code word courage /
Kirby Larson.
- First edition.
- New York : Scholastic , c2018.
- 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 (hbk.)
2017035321
Dogs Families Navajo Indians Navajo code talkers World War, 1939-1945 Friendship Family life Indians of North America World War, 1939-1945