Cracker! by Cynthia Kadohata

Cracker! by Cynthia Kadohata

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.

Cynthia Kadohata is the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Kira-Kira, the National Book Award winner The Thing About Luck, the Jane Addams Peace Award and PEN America Award winner Weedflower, Cracker!, Outside Beauty, A Million Shades of Gray, Half a World Away, Checked, A Place to Belong, Saucy, and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. She lives with her dogs and hockey-playing son in California. Visit her online at CynthiaKadohata.com.

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ISBN 13	9781416906377
ISBN 10	1416906371
Title	Cracker!
Author	Cynthia Kadohata
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Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2007-02-06
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Winner of California Young Reader Medal (Middle School) 2011, Winner of Buckeye Children's Book Award (Grades 6-8) 2009, Winner of North Carolina Children's Book Award (Junior Book) 2010, Winner of Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) (Recommended) 2007, Winner of Golden Sower Award (Young Adult) 2010, Winner of South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Junior Book) 2008, Winner of William Allen White Childens Book Award (Grades 6-8) 2010, Winner of Alabama Camellia Award (Grades 4-6) 2008, Runner-up for Truman Readers Award 2009, Commended for Massachusetts Children's Book Award 2011
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