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Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
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Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING] Hardcover - 2007

by Kadohata, Cynthia

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first

The 2005 Newbery Medal-winning author of "Kira-Kira" returns with this action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War, as seen through the eyes of a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy, and her handler, a young soldier who thinks he's not tough enough for war.

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Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Very good in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated "Woof! Woof!" by the author on the title page (no personalization). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket is as new. Book has toning to the edges of the pageblock. The California Young Reader Medal-, North Carolina Children's Book Award-, Ohio Buckeye Children's Book Award-, Nebraska Golden Sower-, Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award-, and South Carolina Junior Book Award-winning account of a young soldier in Vietnam bonding with his bomb-sniffing dog (told partly from the dog's point of view) by the Newbery Medal-, Asian/Pacific American Award-, PEN USA Award-, and National Book Award-winning author of "Kira-Kira" and "The Thing About Luck". Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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  • Title Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
  • Author Kadohata, Cynthia
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York
  • Date 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6459
  • ISBN 9781416906377 / 1416906371
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.34 x 6.34 x 1.18 in (21.18 x 16.10 x 3.00 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 14 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 9
  • Reading level 730
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Human-animal relationships
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006022022
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2007, Page 76
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 04/01/2007, Page 332
  • Horn Book Magazine, 03/01/2007, Page 195
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2007, Page 346
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 12/15/2006, Page 1270
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/15/2007, Page 52
  • School Library Journal, 02/01/2007, Page 120
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 06/01/2007, Page 144

About the author

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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