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One and only Ivan stories volume 1
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English
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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
4) Shiloh
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Series
Shiloh quartet volume 3
Language
English
Description
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
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Developing a drug addiction is a dangerous, harmful, and life-changing experience that happens to thousands of young people every year. Discover what it is like to be addicted to drugs through the heartfelt stories of survivors. Learn how it "happened to them," read their journeys to recovery, and find out more about the causes and treatments of drug addiction in this open, sensitive, and informative exploration.
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"Through her eyes, the moving story of a young Rwandan girl born with clubfeet and the risk she takes for the chance to walk on the bottoms of her feet for the first time. Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rwanda with curled and twisted feet, which meant she had to crawl or be carried to get around. At nine years old, she gets an offer that could change her life. A doctor in the US might be able to turn her feet. But it means leaving her own family behind...
9) Dirt
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English
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Eleven-year-old Yonder stopped talking when her mother died, and she stopped going to school because of the bullies, knowing that her father would never even notice (although the social worker did); indeed the only creature that seems to care about her is the one-eyed Shetland pony called Dirt who lives on the neighboring farm--so when she discovers that Dirt is about to be sold for horsemeat she is determined to find a way to save him.
10) Strays like us
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English
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Twelve-year-old Fred (never Winifred) is being fostered by the eccentric but kind Margery Dawson while her mother is dealing with addiction problems, and mostly Fred is determined not to form any attachments to anybody--until the condition of Toby, the abused dog next door, captures first her attention and then her heart, and somehow it becomes increasingly difficult to stay detached from the people who are helping her.
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Sixth-grader Rusty, determined to help an injured dog that is chained outdoors in frigid weather, calls animal control, then takes matters into his own hands, aided by his best friend and a ghost collie that leads Rusty to an even deeper secret. Includes instructions for knitting cat blankets.
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Series
Animal ark volume 28
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
"At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. When Mandy's dad diagnoses an Old English sheepdog puppy as deaf, Mandy feels sorry for it. But it isn't until she finds another sheepdog puppy weak and abandoned that she and James begin to get suspicious. Could a local breeder be mistreating these poor puppies?"--P. [4] of cover.
13) Trapped
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English
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Brenna, one of the volunteers at the Wild at Heart animal clinic, is horrified to find a dog caught in a trap in the local nature preserve, but subsequent events prove that every story has two sides.
14) Wastewater
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Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
�2008
Language
English
Description
Explains the dangers wastewater poses to the environment, discussing how water gets polluted and how it can be cleaned and used again.
16) Circus animals
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Publisher
KidHaven Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Discusses the use of performing animals in the circus, their training and care both in and out of the ring, and different organizations' monitoring of their treatment.
17) A winter's tale
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Series
Puppy patrol volume 15
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2001, c1998
Language
English
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Rafe Khatchadorian is horrified that because of a missed science assignment he has to go to summer school; but instead of three weeks in a school room, he finds himself as a volunteer at BushyTail animal refuge, which is really hard, smelly work--and somehow he needs to use the experience (and the help of a girl he meets there) to produce a first-class science report.
19) Chained
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
To work off a family debt, ten-year-old Hastin leaves his desert village in India to work as a circus elephant keeper but many challenges await him, including trying to keep Nandita, a sweet elephant, safe from the cruel circus owner.
20) New beginnings
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Series
Heartland volume 18
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Amy visits her friend Carey and at first assumes that Carey needs help with her unruly horse Mustang. Later, Amy wonders why Carey is surprisingly cold towards both her and the horse.