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    <body><![CDATA[A little boy has to give up his dog when his family moves to an apartment.  They can't find a family that will take the German Shepard, so they give her to the Army where she is trained to spot trip wires and enemies in the Vietnam War. An AMAZING book!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this is about a dog that gets sent to vietnam she ends up being the best!this is such a great book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cracker1 the best dog in vietnam was pretty good, well when Rick Hanski wants to whip the world in some way and show his family that he has what it takes to be a soldier in the vietnam war.  Cracker is a German shepherd who is shipped out to war to snip out bombs, drugs, traps, and the enemy but whe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36983458">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the best most awsome most saspensful most eye-tearing book ever!!!!!<br/>it's about this dog named cracker. she's a bit of a trouble maker, but is one of the smartest dogs out there. her boy willie and his parents are haveing a tought time because willie's dad just lost his job forceing the whole f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46026445">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;<strong>&lt;big&gt;CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS:</strong><p>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.<p>Rick Hanski is headed to Vietnam. There, he's going to whip the world and prove to his family and his sergeant -- and everyone else who didn't think he was cut out for war -- wrong. But sometimes Rick can't help but wonder that maybe everyone else <em>is</em> right. Maybe he should have just stayed at home and worked in his dad's hardware store.<p>When Cracker is paired with Rick, she isn't so sure about this new owner. He's going to have to prove himself to <em>her</em> before <em>she's</em> going to prove herself to him. They need to be friends before they can be a team, and they <em>have</em> to be a team if they want to get home alive. <p>Told in part through the uncanny point of view of a German shepherd, <em>Cracker!</em> is an action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a dog and her handler. It's an utterly unique powerhouse of a book by the Newbery Medal-winning author of <em>Kira-Kira</em>.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful Historical Fiction!!  Cracker is a german shepherd who is trained with United States Army.  Rick Hanski is chosen to be her handler - at first neither one have respect for the other, but eventually they form a fantastic team.  Rick and Cracker save hundreds of lives in Vietnam, but when it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69465864">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;<p><strong>&lt;big&gt;CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS:</strong><p><p>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.<p><p>Rick Hanski is headed to Vietnam. There, he's going to whip the world and prove to his family and his sergeant -- and everyone else who didn't think he was cut out for war -- wrong. But sometimes Rick can't help but wonder that maybe everyone else <em>is</em> right. Maybe he should have just stayed at home and worked in his dad's hardware store.<p><p>When Cracker is paired with Rick, she isn't so sure about this new owner. He's going to have to prove himself to <em>her</em> before <em>she's</em> going to prove herself to him. They need to be friends before they can be a team, and they <em>have</em> to be a team if they want to get home alive. <p><p>Told in part through the uncanny point of view of a German shepherd, <em>Cracker!</em> is an action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a dog and her handler. It's an utterly unique powerhouse of a book by the Newbery Medal-winning author of <em>Kira-Kira</em>.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cracker! has a value all its own. I read this book in 2 days but only because I had to sleep and I fell asleep thinking about it. I was that enthralled. I adore Cracker, and Rick is a great owner. I can relate to Rick's frustration in the beginning of the book with both Cracker and himself.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42692837">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;<p><strong>&lt;big&gt;CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS:</strong><p><p>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.<p><p>Rick Hanski is headed to Vietnam. There, he's going to whip the world and prove to his family and his sergeant -- and everyone else who didn't think he was cut out for war -- wrong. But sometimes Rick can't help but wonder that maybe everyone else <em>is</em> right. Maybe he should have just stayed at home and worked in his dad's hardware store.<p><p>When Cracker is paired with Rick, she isn't so sure about this new owner. He's going to have to prove himself to <em>her</em> before <em>she's</em> going to prove herself to him. They need to be friends before they can be a team, and they <em>have</em> to be a team if they want to get home alive. <p><p>Told in part through the uncanny point of view of a German shepherd, <em>Cracker!</em> is an action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a dog and her handler. It's an utterly unique powerhouse of a book by the Newbery Medal-winning author of <em>Kira-Kira</em>.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I know what a gifted writer Cynthia Kadohata is, but I still wasn't expecting to fall in love with this book the way I did. I'm...er...not exactly a dog person. There are certain dogs I really like, but I don't like it when strange dogs come bounding up and jump on me during my morning run. Anyway, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30474692">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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