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2) Duke
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
In 1944 Hobie Hanson's father is flying B-24s in Europe, so Hobie decides to donate his beloved German shepherd, Duke, to Dogs for Defense in the hope that it will help end the war sooner--but when he learns that Duke is being trained for combat he is shocked, frightened and determined to get his dog back.
Author
Series
Breed apart novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Formats
Description
A year ago in Afghanistan, Green Beret Heath Daniels' career was destroyed. Along with his faith. Forced to the sidelines by a medical discharge, he and his military war dog, Trinity, now train other dogs and their handlers. But military intelligence officer Darci Kintz has been captured while secretly tracking the Taliban. Only one dog can handle the extreme conditions to save her. Only one man can handle Trinity.
6) Soldier dog
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"It's 1917. In the trenches of France, miles from home, Stanley is a boy fighting a man's war. He is a dog handler, whose dog must be so loyal that he will cross no-man's-land alone under heavy fire to return to Stanley's side, carrying a message that could save countless lives. But this journey is fraught with danger, and only the bravest will survive. As the fighting escalates and Stanley experiences the true horror of war, he comes to realize that...
7) Shadow
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Teenager Aman and his mother lose their loyal spaniel Shadow while escaping Afghanistan to flee to England, and they must depend on a friend and his grandfather to enable Shadow's return.
8) Finding Jack
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Joining the flagging war effort in Vietnam after losing his young family in a tragic accident, Fletcher Carson rescues a wounded yellow Labrador during a mission and faces a difficult choice when the government refuses to transport military dogs back home.
9) Semper fido
Author
Series
Dog tags volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Gus Dempsey is a newly trained dog handler in the United States Marine Corps, and when he is deployed to Afghanistan he is paired with Loki, a bomb-sniffing black Labrador with a mischievous streak.
Author
Series
Prisoners of the empire volume 2
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Following orders from the United States Army, several young Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II.
11) A man of his own
Author
Pub. Date
©2013.
Description
Rick Stanton was a promising professional baseball player with dreams of playing in the major leagues and starting a family with his young wife, Francesca, when World War II changed everything. Rick returns from the war with his body broken and his dreams shattered, but it was not just body and spirit he sacrificed for the war. He and Francesca volunteered their beloved dog, Pax, for the Armys K-9 Corp, not knowing if theyd ever see him again. Keller...
12) War dog: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
After her owner is arrested while poaching, Jet is requisitioned by the British Army and sees duty on the beach at Dunkirk, searching for survivors of Germany's bombing raids on English cities, and in Italy at the end of the war.
14) Stubby
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 7
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Stubby the war dog narrates the story of his life, from his birth on the streets of New Haven, Connecticut, through his time spent in Europe with the American Expeditionary Force, to his eventual hero's welcome back in the U.S."--
15) Prisoners of war
Author
Series
Dog tags volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Newly arrived on the Western front and assigned as a medic, Rivera finds himself in the middle of the Battle of the Bulge, cut off behind enemy lines--and his only companion is a Nazi trained Doberman pinscher.Man's best friend goes to war. Two enemy soldiers. One uneasy alliance. Miguel is a medic in the US Army. Stationed in a remote Belgian forest during World War II, he's expecting a quiet tour of duty. But the Nazis have other ideas. They launch...
Author
Series
Dog chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
In Cosham, England, in 1917, Darling, a mischievous collie, must leave the children who love her when she is chosen for training as a mercy dog, seeking out injured soldiers on the battlefield and leading medics to them.
17) Dogs of war
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Three fictional stories, told in graphic novel format, about soldiers in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War who were aided by combat dogs. Based on true stories.
Author
Series
Breed apart novels volume 3
Pub. Date
c2014
Description
Beowulf--a hulky, brindle-coated bullmastiff--is the only "boy" for Timbrel Hogan. And she has a history to remind her why. But when Timbrel, a handler at A Breed Apart, embarks on a mission to detect WMDs in Afghanistan, she reunites with Tony "Candyman" VanAllen and her no-other-man philosophy is challenged. While tension mounts between Timbrel and Tony, the team comes under fire after Beowulf gets a "hit." When tragedy threatens Tony's career and...