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Kadohata, Cynthia

Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam

314 pp. | Atheneum | February, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-0637-7 $16.99
(2) 4-6 German shepherd Cracker trains with Rick, who's going to Vietnam. Cracker learns to sniff out tripwires, and Rick learns to trust his sometimes rebellious dog. After some simplistic passages from Cracker's point of view, Kadohata digs into Rick's Vietnam experience. Without asking too much of her middle-grade readers, Kadohata creates tension and pathos around the bonds between humans and dogs in wartime.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2007

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