Letters from Wolfie is a book that incorporates pulls at your heart strings and challenges your point of view. Mark's brother signs up for the Army and is sent to Vietnam. Mark feels shadowed by his brother's bravery and donates his beloved dog, Wolfie, to help the Army in Vietnam and assumes that his dog will be returned to him after his duty. This book does a great job illustrating the love between people and their pets and demonstrating how the nation was truly divided over the issue of the Vietnam War. This book would be an awesome choice for junior high students or for anyone studying the Vietnam War.