Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam, Hardcover/Cynthia Kadohata
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Awards Finalist (2007) - Cybils - (Middle Grade Fiction) Winner (2007) - Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) - (Recommended) Winner (2008 - 2009) - South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - (Junior Book) Winner (2008 - 2009) - Alabama Camellia Award - (Grades 4-6) Nominee (2009) - Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - (Children's) Nominee (2009) - Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - (Grades 6-8) Second Place (2009 - 2010) - Truman Readers Award - (Grades 6-8) Winner (2009) - Buckeye Children's Book Award - (Grades 6-8) Nominee (2010) - Nevada Young Readers' Award - (Intermediate) Winner (2010) - North Carolina Children's Book Award - (Junior Book) Winner (2010) - William Allen White Childens Book Award - (Grades 6-8) Nominee (2010) - West Virginia Children's Book Award - (Children's) Nominee (2010) - Sequoyah Book Awards - (Intermediate) Nominee (2010) - Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - (Grades 6-8) Nominee (2010) - Grand Canyon Reader Award - (Tween) Winner (2010) - Golden Sower Award - (Young Adult) Nominee (2010) - Iowa Teen Award - (Young Adult) Nominee (2011) - Nene Award - (Children's Fiction) Nominee (2011) - Colorado Children's Book Award - (Junior Novel) Honor Book (2011 - 2012) - Massachusetts Children's Book Award - (Children's Book) Winner (2011) - California Young Reader Medal - (Middle School) Nominee (2012) - Colorado Blue Spruce Award - (Young Adult) Nominee (2012) - Nene Award - (Children's Fiction) Nominee (2013) - Nene Award - (Children's Fiction) Contributor(s):Author: 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 w
