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Author
Publisher
Forge
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Lucas Ray is shocked when an adorable puppy jumps out of an abandoned building and into his arms. Though the apartment he shares with his mother, a disabled veteran, doesn't allow dogs, Lucas can't resist taking Bella home. Bella is inexplicably drawn to Lucas, even if she doesn't understand the necessity of games like No Barks. As it becomes more difficult to hide her from the neighbors, Lucas begins to sneak Bella into the VA where he works. There,...
2) Zoo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
As coordinated attacks by animals against humans increase and escalate, young biologist Jackson Oz and ecologist Chloe Tousignant warn world leaders that soon there will be nowhere left for humans.
3) Devoted
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Woody Bookman hasn't spoken a word in his eleven years of life. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Not when his mother, Megan, tells him she loves him. For Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters. But Woody believes a monstrous evil was behind his father's death and now threatens him and his mother. And he's not alone in his thoughts. An ally unknown to him is listening. A uniquely gifted dog with a heart as golden as his...
5) The friend
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres and the New York Times best-selling Last Hundred Years Trilogy, a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris Paras is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. At dusk, one afternoon she pushes open the door of her stall--she's a curious filly--and, after traveling through the night, arrives by chance...
8) Meet Marley
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jenny and John love their dog Marley, but they get frustrated when he keeps getting into trouble.
9) Insectopedia
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
x, 465 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
10) Dolphin tale
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin and the compassionate strangers who banded together to save her life. Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a crab trap, severely damaging her tail. She is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is named Winter. But her fight for survival has just begun. Without a tail, Winter's prognosis is dire.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a #1 IndieNext pick, a gorgeous and pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands. She hopes to heal not only the dying landscape, but Aggie, too, unmade by the terrible secrets that drove the sisters out of Alaska....
12) Goose and Duck
Author
Publisher
Laura Geringer Books
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy becomes the "mother" to a goose, who becomes "mother" to a duck, as they learn about the rhythms of nature together.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A personal journey into our evolving relationships with animals, and a thought-provoking look at how those bonds are being challenged and reformed across disciplines We love animals, but does that make the animals' lives any happier? With factory farms,climate change and deforestation, this might be the worst time in history to be an animal. If we took animals' experiences seriously, how could we eat, think and live differently? How to Love Animals...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
xi, 180 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kincaid delivers the touching prequel to the sleeper hit "A Dog Named Christmas," to tell the moving story George, a young boy dealing with the loss of his father, and the dog that comes into his life to offer him a ray of hope and courage.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 252 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After its dog, Gonker, disappears along the Appalachian Trail, a family begins a frantic search, one that is spurred on by the fact that Gonker will die from Addison's disease if he is not found within 23 days,"--NoveList.
16) The dog I loved
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Dog's way home volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron once again captures the bravery and determination of a very good dog in the gripping sequel to A Dog's Way Home, the acclaimed novel that inspired the hit movie! Bella was once a lost dog, but now she lives happily with her people, Lucas and Olivia, only occasionally recalling the hardships in her past. Then a weekend camping trip turns into a harrowing struggle for survival when the Rocky Mountains...
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An eye-opening, informative, and wholly entertaining examination and celebration of the human-canine relationship." -- From book jacket flap.
20) A dog's purpose
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It shares the soulful and surprising story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love.