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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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Searching for his purpose over the course of multiple canine lives, Bailey is reborn as a golden-haired puppy after a tragic death as a stray and shares a loving bond with young Ethan before he again dies and starts over.
Author
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
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
384 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The dog who thinks of himself as 'Bailey' knows one thing for sure: all dogs go to heaven after they have fulfilled their purpose on earth. But Bailey's work on earth is far from finished, there are still so many more humans that need a dog's talent for unconditional love. There is one family in particular that needs Bailey's help, a family that is on the verge of breaking apart. But if Bailey helps this family he won't remember his previous lives,...
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
365 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a beloved family dog is stolen, her young owner sets out on a life-changing journey through the ruins of a dystopian world to bring her back.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After her dog Boomer is diagnosed with a heart condition, Jennifer takes him on a road trip, and they're soon joined by a new acquiantance, reporter Nathan, and when the "Boomer's Bucket List" website goes viral, the trip takes an unexpected turn for all of them.
10) Saving Winslow
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
165 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When his father brings home an ailing, newborn donkey, Louie names the animal Winslow and takes care of him, but everyone, including Louie's quirky friend Nora, thinks Winslow is not going to survive.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
340 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Returning home to Eden Falls, Vermont, to revive his late father's failing veterinary practice and then quickly sell it, Cyrus Mills finds his plans changing when he begins feeling invested in the community and the relationships he forms.
13) Devoted
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Language
English
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...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Becoming the assistant to animal behaviorist Guy Schermerhorn and his juvenile chimp, Aimee Villard finds herself in an interspecies love triangle that pushes hard at the boundaries of consciousness and the question of what we know and how we know it.
15) 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.
16) The friend
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Suddenly responsible for an abandoned dog and a box full of adorable puppies, Josh Michaels is in over his head. He reaches out to the local shelter for help, where he meets Kerri, who teaches Josh how to care for the puppies and get them ready for adoption. With Christmas and the adoption date looming, Josh hesitates to part with any of his beloved puppies, putting at odds with Kerri, who he's also fallen for. Josh isn't willing to lose her, but...
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....
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...