01657cam a2200385 i 4500 368499262 TxAuBib 20190117120000.0 170912s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780545840750 0545840759 (OCoLC)1004000967 TxAuBib rda Larson, Kirby,. Code word courage / Kirby Larson. First edition. New York : Scholastic Press, 2018. ©2018. 233 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. Middle grade. 20190117. Dogs Juvenile fiction. Families Juvenile fiction. Navajo Indians Juvenile fiction. Navajo code talkers Juvenile fiction. World War, 1939-1945 United States Juvenile fiction. Friendship Juvenile fiction. United States History 1933-1945 Juvenile fiction. Historical fiction. Historical fiction.