Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing.Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. May include "From the library of" labels. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable).Books with markings of any kind on the cover or pages, books marked as "Bargain" or "Remainder," or with any other labels attached, may not be listed as New condition. New: A brand-new copy with cover and original protective wrapping intact.Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Friedman, Chappaqua Library, NYα(c) Copyright 2013. Larson's tale succeeds best as a study of the home-front experience and a poignantly dogless tale for dog lovers.-Robbin E. Both side plots could likely be resolved with a swift talking to from the mindful, swaggering, baseball-captaining Catherine, who is clearly the character with the best head on her shoulders. Smaller-scale tensions fail to engage, such as bullying by a meanie and manufactured quarrels between Hobie and his new friend, Max Klein. The author peppers the novel with charming period and regional details-who knew about Wheato-Naks cereal or the Seattle fishing fleet's annual blessing ceremony?-and maintains a fairly sunny tone despite the premise's potential for tragedy. Larson weaves a wonderfully genuine attachment between boy and dog and thoughtfully examines Hobie's conflicted emotions as Duke gets partnered with a battle-bound Marine fearful, proud, and lonely, among other muddled feelings, the boy guiltily schemes to bring his pet home. Determined to aid the war effort (and by extension his dad) any way he can, Hobie loans Duke to Dogs for Defense, a real-life organization that trained pets for the military. Hobie Hanson, an endearingly earnest 11-year-old, loves his father, who is stationed overseas in the Army Air Corps, and his crackerjack dog named Duke. Gr 4-7-A handsome German shepherd dominates the patriotic cover of Larson's World War II home-front novel, but the book's action centers on the dog's absence.
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