I just finished my first summer read. Cracker! It was a fabulous book that had me sharing every emotion. I cried, laughed, got angry, and cried some more. Cracker, is a very smart German Shepard who his young owner adores. They live in the city and the family can no longer provide for Cracker. The setting of the book is during the Vietnam War. Rick a young man decides he wants to enlist and Cracker's family donates Cracker to become a dog that will help in the war, by sniffing out bombs, alerting troops to booby traps, etc. Rick and Cracker become partners, but really so much more. If you like books about dogs, adventure, and are interesting in this time era. This book is for you. I always worry that when I finish such a good read like this if I will find another this summer just as good. Guess I won't know until I read another.
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Mrs. G
Oh, I left out a really important part. The book is told from two points of view, the narrator, and then from Cracker's view. I loved how the author let us into the mind and heart of a dog.
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