Semper Fido (Dog Tags) - Softcover

London, C. Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545477042 ISBN 13: 9780545477048

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 2012

Synopsis

Man's best friend goes to war.

When Gus Dempsey joins the US Marine Corps, he knows without a doubt that he will make a great dog handler. He's always been good with dogs. In fact, he's often better with dogs than he is with people.

But Loki is not the dog that Gus was expecting. Fun-loving and playful, Loki acts more like a pet than the well-trained, bomb-sniffing Marine that he's supposed to be.

When Gus and Loki deploy to Afghanistan, though, they have no choice but to learn to work together. Because in war, getting along is a matter of life and death.

DOG TAGS is a series of stand-alone books, each exploring the bond between soldier and dog in times of war.

About this title

From the Author:

C. Alexander London is an author of books for children and adults. In addition to the Dog Tags and Tides of War series, he writes the Accidental Adventures novels for young readers and books like One Day the Soldiers Came: Voices of Children in War for older readers. When he is not writing books, he can usually be found walking around New York City talking to his dog.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

"Stay with me, good boy," I mumbled at Loki - my partner, my teammate, my best friend in this crazy war. I tried to hold my eyes open as long as I could, tried to keep scratching behind Loki's ears and speaking in my most comforting voice. I knew, I just knew that Loki could understand.

My lips kept moving even after I didn't have the strength to make any noise. I just repeated myself over and over, pleading for one thing, the thing I wanted more than anything in the nineteen years I'd been alive: "Stay with me, Loki," I told him. "Stay with me, Marine."

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0545477042
• ISBN 13: 9780545477048
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 219