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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
NEWBERY COLLECTION. Newbery medal winner, 1990. In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In an isolated mountain village, nine-year-old Maria and her grandfather rescue and raise a wolf cub, Shadow, and when Shadow eventually leaves to join his own kind, a stranger's words help Maria to accept that this is for the best.
5) Northwood
Author
Publisher
Capstone Young Readers (Stone Arch Books)
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Cecilia Undergarment is a remarkable girl who can understand what animals are saying--but her plan to rescue a sad and neglected dog lands her in the dark, enchanted forest of Northwood, where the ferocious black lions roam and the mystery of Castle Storm awaits.
6) Finding bear
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First US edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
344 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"While journeying to the northernmost reaches of the Arctic, April Wood discovers a tiny polar bear cub in desperate need of her help, and in freezing temperatures and on dangerous terrain, she must face her deepest fears to save him"--
Author
Series
Dog whisperer volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
216 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Emily's nightmares of drowning lead her to an injured dog near her family's coastal home. As she nurses him back to health, she becomes aware that they have a strange, psychic connection.
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
LEGO minfigures introduce readers to a variety of rescue workers, including police, firefighters, paramedics, and mountain rescue teams.
9) Of a feather
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
A baby great horned owl, Second, so called because his sister, First, is already out of the nest, is reluctant to hunt for himself, but when his mother is injured he is forced out into the forest; Maureen is a human girl pulled out of her grandmother's violent home and placed with an aunt--but her Aunt Beatrice is involved in falconry and runs a mews where injured raptors can heal, and it is here Maureen and Second (now called Rufus) meet and learn...
Author
Series
Animal Planet adventures volume 3
Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A storm is coming to coastal North Carolina. Amy and Elliott - volunteers at the local dog shelter - have a job to do. The rescued puppies need to get to higher ground, and fast! The kids scramble to get the puppies into their cages, and then the van of volunteers and dogs is on its way. But they are one puppy short. Did it run off in the rain? Is it back at the shelter? An old book, a series of riddles, and a spooky storm all lead to a mystery only...
11) Dolphin rescue
Author
Series
Animal Planet adventures volume 1
Publisher
Published by Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looking forward to a summer of lobster trapping, helping with the family business, and volunteering at the aquarium in coastal Maine, siblings Maddie and Atticus are challenged to use their animal knowledge to rescue a trapped dolphin.
12) Polar meltdown
Author
Series
Wild rescue volume 4
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
147 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The twins Ben and Zoe are sent to an Alaskan village in the far north to investigate the death of a mother polar bear and find and rescue her two orphaned cubs.
13) Safari survival
Author
Series
Wild rescue volume 5
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Twins Ben and Zoe are sent to Kenya to expose and stop the hunters who are killing elephants in the nature reserve for sport.