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The one thing Tate has always wanted was a dog of her own. So she couldn't believe her eyes when a scrawny mutt turns up in the yard one day. Before long, though, despite Tate's attempts to train her, the naughty dog begins to cause trouble with the neighbors. Mam and Pap decide-Sable must go. How can Tate save her beloved dog?

Frustrated because the rules for her class's Pet Day will not let her take her dog to school, Junie B. Jones considers taking a raccoon, a worm, a dead fish, and other unusual replacements.

After guardian dog Gus is injured defending his flock of sheep, he is sent to recuperate and heal with a young boy, Diego, whom Gus finds he can help by learning how to work as an emotional support animal.

After choosing a new dog, Ben describes what the pet Aggie can do and should not do around the house.

An affectionate and quick-thinking boa constrictor saves the day during a burglary and receives a medal.

Alexia is delighted when Mr. Cooper brings in Bob, a hognose snake, as class pet, but when Bob keels over, is Andrea's toy poodle or Alexia's neglect to blame?

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Thirteen-year-old Drew starts the summer of 1986 helping in her mother's cheese shop and dreaming about co-worker Nick, but when her widowed mother begins dating, Drew's father's book of lists, her pet rat, and Emmett, a boy on a quest, help her cope.

The students in Mrs. Green's class get a bit nervous when she announces she is going to bring in a class pet but will not reveal what it is--letting their imaginations run wild.