bNewbery Honor-winning author Kirby Larson delivers a heartwarming story of friendship, love, and courage, and the incredible contributions of Navajo Code Talkers during WWII./b pBillie has lived with her great-aunt ever since her mom passed away and her dad left.
Can Bear help Billie -- and Denny -- find what\'s most important?/p pA powerful tale about unsung heroism on the WWII battlefield and the home front./p.
Billie does her part for the war effort, but she worries whether Leo and Denny will make it home, whether she\'ll find a new friend, and if her father will ever come back.
As Billie cares for the dog, whom they name Bear, she and Bear grow deeply attached to each other./p pSoon enough, it\'s time for Leo and Denny, a Navajo Code Talker, to ship out.
She has so much to ask Leo -- about losing her best friend and trying to find their father -- but Denny, who is Navajo, or Din , comes with something special: a gorgeous, but injured, stray dog.
But first, she gets one more weekend with him at the ranch./p pBillie\'s surprised when Leo brings home a fellow Marine from boot camp, Denny.
Billie\'s big brother, Leo, is about to leave, too, for the warfront. bNewbery Honor-winning author Kirby Larson delivers a heartwarming story of friendship, love, and courage, and the incredible contributions of Navajo Code Talkers during WWII./b pBillie has lived with her great-aunt ever since her mom passed away and her dad left
