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61) Dog boy
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A four-year-old boy named Romochka is abandoned by his mother and uncle and left to fend for himself on the streets of Moscow, with uncounted millions of homeless children and adults. He follows a stray dog to its home in a deserted church celler. There he joins Mamochka, the mother of the pack, and six other dogs and slowly he forgets his human attributes to survive two fiercely cold winters. Romochka attracts the attention of local police, street...
62) Mela
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A rescue dog and her new owner learn how to trust each other and become a family.
63) The last leopard
Author
Series
Legend of the animal healer volume 3
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A third prophecy, this time involving a leopard, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical healing powers over animals, when she travels with her grandmother and best friend Ben to Zimbabwe.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Librarian Minnie Hamilton and her rescue cat Eddie discover a true crime story unraveling in their own nonfiction section when Minnie stumbles upon a dead body while shelving books in the library early one morning and they are determined to save the library's reputation and catch a killer"--
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this unforgettable novel, perfect for fans of An Unexpected Grace and A Dog's Way Home, a single mom and her chronically ill child receive a valuable lesson from an unlikely source--a very special dog who unexpectedly enters their lives and shows them that one person's lost cause can be another's greatest gift . . . Dr. Kate Blunt will do anything for her son, Jasper. Well, almost anything. Since Jasper has the incurable lung disease cystic fibrosis,...
66) Ferals
Author
Series
Ferals volume 1
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a city ravaged by crime and corruption, 13-year-old orphan Caw's only friends are the murder of crows he has lived with since his parents flung him from their house aged only five. Caw lives in a treehouse in an abandoned city park, surviving on scraps of food and only communicating with his three crows. But a jailbreak at the prison forces him into contact with other humans -- particularly a girl called Lydia, who is attacked by the escaped prisoners...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lara Madigan has a gift: She can help you find your soul mate--your canine soul mate, that is. As a dog trainer with a soft spot for strays, she's found the perfect home for sulky Shih Tzus, broken-down Border collies, and diabolical Dalmatians. But while she'll always make room for one more rescue mutt, she's not sure she's ready to commit to another human being--especially after her long-term boyfriend drops the bomb: He's not a dog person. Horrified...
69) City of dragons
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Accompanied by human keepers, the dragons embark on a dangerous journey to their ancient, mythical homeland of Kelsingera, and along the way form deep bonds with the humans that are severely tested during the journey's final days.
Author
Series
Legend of the animal healer volume 4
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fourth prophecy, this time involving elephants, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl with mystical healing powers over animals, when she and her grandmother are faced with losing the Sawubona Game Reserve forever.
71) Kittens can kill
Author
Series
Pru Marlowe pet noir volume 5
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The dead don't keep pets. So when animal behaviorist expert Pru Marlowe gets a call about a kitten, she doesn't expect to find the cuddly creature playing beside the cooling body of prominent Beauville lawyer David Canaday. Heart attack? His three adult daughters angrily blame drug interactions, feline allergies--and each other. And begin to feud over their father, his considerable estate, and that cute ball of fluff. While the cause of death is...
Author
Series
Welcome to Magnolia Bay novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Heather Gabriel already had the love of lifetime. Now a widowed mother struggling with grief, the stay-at-home mom's biggest priority is keeping her children's lives as stable as possible. So when her new job at the Magnolia Bay Animal Shelter brings Heather and business consultant Adrian Crawford together to work on a special project, Heather doesn't know how to feel about the attraction building between them. Adrian feels the attraction too, but...
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 3
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 333 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"On a tall hill, in a tall house, live a tall man and a small mouse. All day the man does tall things, like untangling swings and rescuing cats from trees. All night the mouse does small things, like finding pins and pens, corks and long-lost forks. The two never see each other until the day the mouse takes a snooze in the man's long shoes...SQUEAK! EEK! Can this duo get along-- and maybe even become the perfect mix? A rhythmic, rhyming narration...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Kidnapped from his California home and sold to prospectors embarked for the Yukon Gold Rush, Buck, a pampered house dog who has known comfort all of his life, finds himself thrust into a brutal world of cruel human masters, savage fellow sled-dogs, and an unforgiving wilderness full of hardship and misery. In the wilds, Buck earns the love of a man as rugged as he is, and he reacquaints himself with his true animal nature, a noble heritage passed...
Author
Series
Pru Marlowe pet noir volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pru Marlowe investigates the death of a young woman who appears to have been mauled by a wild cat even though there have been no sightings of mountain lions in the Berkshires for years.
79) Pug blasts off
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Baron von Bubbles (Bub) is a pug who wants nothing more than to help his human Bella in her craft projects for school, though he is a little apprehensive about the rocket she is making for the Inventor Challenge--so when he ruins the rocket while trying to get at Nutz the squirrel he needs to find a way to make it up to Bella.
Author
Series
Lily to the rescue volume 5
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
124 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lily lives with her girl, Maggie Rose. Once a stray, Lily was rescued by the kind people at the animal shelter run by Maggie Rose's mom. Now she has a very important purpose: to rescue other animals in trouble. When a lost little Amur leopard is brought to the zoo and needs a friend, it's Lily to the rescue!"--Amazon.com.
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