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Indlæser... Code Word Courage (2018)af Kirby Larson
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Literary Merit: Good Character Merit: Good Reading Level: 4-6 Recommend: Yes Right from the beginning, this book speaks to dog lovers as they read about a dog whose man throws rocks at him so that he will go away. This same dog, once rescued by a Navajo Marine named Denny, becomes Bear, the much-needed best friend of 11-year-old-Billie, whose mother died and father left her to be raised by her aunt. Denny, Billie, Bear, and Billie’s Mexican neighbor, Tito, all face loneliness and being an outsider. Bear, through his physical and spiritual interventions, saves all three humans. Told in alternating chapters between Billy and Denny, this book examines ways that our hearts hurt when others abandon or don’t accept us as well as ways to alleviate the sadness and become strong survivors. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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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. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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In addition to worrying about her brother, and wondering if her father will ever come back, Billie is having friend troubles: her former best friend Hazel has ditched her for another girl, and Billie tries to win her back before realizing it's hopeless - and not worth it. Fortunately, the astronomy-obsessed new kid, Mexican-American Tito, proves a true friend.
Meanwhile, Denny is in the Pacific, storming the beaches of Iwo Jima and sending coded messages for air support. In a way, it's Bear who saves both humans, and in a rushed epilogue (Billie is in her 40s), Billie (with a dog in tow - Bear's descendant?) visits Denny on the reservation, having discovered his true role in the war: "I can't get over it....When you were little, they tried to prevent you from speaking Navajo, and then the language ends up winning the war for us." (232)
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"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit." --Aristotle (epigraph to Part Two, p. 81) ( )