Code word courage [Dogs of World War II]by Larson, Kirby 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 543607 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 3.3 3-5 Lexile: 590

Genres: Historical Fiction Animals

Subjects: Dogs - Fiction Family life - Fiction Navajo Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - California - Fiction Navajo code talkers - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Friendship - Fiction United States - History|y1933-1945 - Fiction

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.