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Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Flora the pig ditches the sedentary life on the farm for an adventure in Antarctica, where she escapes the knife and lives her dream of pulling a sled with a team of dogs"--
3) A dog's tale
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper & Bros
Pub. Date
1904
Language
English
Description
'A Dog's Tale' is a short story written by Mark Twain. It first appeared in the December 1903 issue of Harper's magazine. In January of the following year it was extracted into a stand-alone pamphlet published for the National Anti-Vivisection Society. Still later in 1904 it was expanded into a book published by Harper & Brothers. The book is told from the standpoint of a loyal household pet, a dog self described by the first sentence of the story;...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.
7) Ice dogs
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2012].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In this survival story set in Alaska, fourteen-year-old Vicky and her dog sled team find an injured sledder in the wilderness.
Author
Series
Elvis and the underdogs volume 1
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
All his life Benji, now ten, has been sickly and he has long been targeted by the school bully, but after a seizure Benji gets a therapy dog that is not only big enough to protect him, it can also talk.
11) Henry and Ribsy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry bargains with his father to keep his dog Ribsy out of trouble for two months. His reward will be a trip salmon-fishing if he is successful.
12) Darkness falls
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"The Wild Pack's ruthless Alpha has reluctantly agreed to allow the Leashed Dogs to join his Pack--but not before casting Lucky out forever for his role as a spy. Lucky quickly realizes that this new world is treacherous for a Lone Dog, and for the first time since the Big Growl, he is desperate to have other dogs by his side ... if it's not too late."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Sloan Monroe can't catch a break. Two years after losing her fiance, her life consists of cemetery visits, unorthodox art projects, and drinking sessions with her best friend, Kristen. So when a dog dashes in front of her car and gets her a ticket for obstructing traffic, Sloan is at her wits' end. But after meeting the ridiculously attractive and charming owner of the trouble-making retriever, she begins to think that maybe her luck has finally...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. The domesticated life of a powerful St. Bernard-Shepherd mix named Buck is quickly turned on end when he is stolen away from his master and put to work as a sled dog in Alaska. His once life of luxury turns into a life of survival...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Paul Phillips, a carpenter living in upstate New York with Kate Ellis and her daughter, Ruby, commits a crime whose only witness was a mixed-breed dog. He fears getting away with the crime as much as he fears the discovery of his terrible secret.
Author
Series
Aggie and Ben stories volume 1
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After choosing a new dog, Ben describes what the pet Aggie can do and should not do around the house.
20) The drop
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Based on the screenplay he developed for Twentieth Century Fox from his short story "Animal Rescue," New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's The Drop follows a former criminal whose efforts to build a new life with his girlfriend and pit bull rescue puppy fall apart when he becomes mixed up in a robbery gone wrong; scheduled for release in Fall 2014, Fox's film of the same title stars James Gandolfini (in his final on-screen performance),...
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