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Cracker!

The Best Dog in Vietnam

By Cynthia Kadohata

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| Hardcover | 9781416906377

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CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS:

a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she likes it that way. Sometimes Cracker remembers whenContinue

CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS:

a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she likes it that way. Sometimes Cracker remembers when she was younger, and her previous owner would feed her hot dogs and let her sleep in his bed. That was nice, too.

Rick Hanski is headed to Vietnam. There, he's going to whip the world and prove to his family and his sergeant -- and everyone else who didn't think he was cut out for war -- wrong. But sometimes Rick can't help but wonder that maybe everyone else is right. Maybe he should have just stayed at home and worked in his dad's hardware store.

When Cracker is paired with Rick, she isn't so sure about this new owner. He's going to have to prove himself to her before she's going to prove herself to him. They need to be friends before they can be a team, and they have to be a team if they want to get home alive.

Told in part through the uncanny point of view of a German shepherd, Cracker! is an action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a dog and her handler. It's an utterly unique powerhouse of a book by the Newbery Medal-winning author of Kira-Kira.

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  • Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam By Cynthia Kadohata

    Cynthia Kadohata's last two books 2005 Newbery Award-winner Kira-Kira and Weedflower explore the experiences of Japanese families trying to build happy lives in America. The stories' protagonists are observant young girls who, even as they play child ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • CRACKER!: The Best Dog in Vietnam

    War dogs used in Vietnam were unsung heroes. Faced with intense training combined with dreadful working conditions and constant danger, they had few rewards and were often left behind to survive on their own. This incredible book, although fictional, ... (read full critics)

    teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 320 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1416906371
  • ISBN-13: 9781416906377
  • Publisher: Atheneum
  • Pub date: Feb 06, 2007
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Others and eBook
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