# Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle

**Author:** Brian Dennis
**Grade range:** Grades 4–8
**Age range:** 9–13
**First published:** 2010
**Page count:** 46
**Genre:** Nonfiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780316053181`
**ISBN-10:** `031605318X`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/nubs-the-true-story-of-a-mutt-a-marine-a-miracle
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Over 100,000 copies sold! A true story of a marine and the miraculously loyal dog he befriends in Iraq. Nubs, an Iraqi dog of war, never had a home or a person of his own. He was the leader of a pack of wild dogs living off the land and barely surviving. But Nubs's life changed when he met Marine Major Brian Dennis. The two formed a fast friendship, made stronger by Dennis's willingness to share his meals, offer a warm place to sleep, and give Nubs the kind of care and attention he had never received before.

## Where this book is assigned

### Maine Student Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Maine — [source: Maine Student Book Award — past winners, 2011 winner (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/past-lists)
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- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maine — [source: Maine Student Book Award — past winners, 2011 winner (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/past-lists)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maine — [source: Maine Student Book Award — past winners, 2011 winner (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/past-lists)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maine — [source: Maine Student Book Award — past winners, 2011 winner (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/past-lists)

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