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1) Chomp
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When the difficult star of the reality television show "Expedition Survival" disappears while filming an episode in the Florida Everglades using animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo Crane's family, Wahoo and classmate Tuna Gordon set out to find him while avoiding Tuna's gun-happy father.
Author
Series
Alex Carter novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While studying wolverines on a wildlife sanctuary in Montana, biologist Alex Carter is run off the road and threatened by locals determined to force her off the land. Undeterred in her mission to help save this threatened species, Alex tracks wolverines on foot and by cameras positioned in remote regions of the preserve. But when she reviews the photos, she discovers disturbing images of an animal of a different kind: a severely injured man seemingly...
Author
Series
Happily Inc volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Mathias Mitchell's easy smile hides a world of hurt. After the worst kind of family betrayal, he moves to Happily Inc., California - the wedding destination town supplies a steady stream of bridesmaids, perfect for his "no promises, no pain" lifestyle. Yet he can't stop watching for his beautiful, elusive neighbor on the animal preserve behind their homes. Gamekeeper Carol Lund knows she's not special enough to attract an alpha male like Mathias,...
Author
Series
Alaska untamed volume 2
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An Alaskan tour guide at Juneau Wildlife World discovers her new manager mauled in a remote part of the wolf sanctuary, but it appears to be human handiwork.
Author
Series
One and only Ivan stories volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In this novel-in-verse that picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob, Ruby recounts her life before the circus when her caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa comes for a visit.
Author
Series
Alex Carter novels volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Alex Carter heads to northeastern Washington State to investigate a possible sighting of a mountain caribou -- an animal that became extinct in the contiguous U.S. years ago -- and becomes embroiled in a clash between loggers and activists and the murder of a local forest ranger.
Author
Series
Girl of the year. 2021: Kira volume 2
Girl of the year 2021. Kira volume 1
Girl of the year. 2021 Kira volume 2
Girl of the year 2021. Kira volume 1
Girl of the year. 2021 Kira volume 2
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Kira Bailey is living her dream: Cuddling koalas and bottle-feeding baby kangaroos. Kira and her mom are spending the summer at a wildlife sanctuary in Australia helping her aunt Mamie, a veterinarian, care for the animals. When Kira falls in love with an orphaned koala joey, her joy is complete--until a health emergency pulls Aunt Mamie away. Suddenly Kira can't seem to do anything right. She's put the wombats and her beloved koala joey in danger,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The enthralling new novel from the acclaimed author of Fallen Land, The River of Kings, and Gods of Howl Mountain Vietnam veteran, retired racehorse jockey, and keeper of secrets, Anse Caulfield rescues exotic big cats, elephants, and other creatures for Little Eden, a wildlife sanctuary near the abandoned ruins of a failed development on the Georgia coast. But when Anse's prized lion escapes and is killed, he becomes obsessed with replacing her-even...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Jamie is a Florida Woman. She grew up on the beach, thrives in humidity, has weathered more hurricanes than she can count, and now, after going viral for an outrageous crime she never meant to commit in the first place, she has the requisite headline to her name. But when the chance comes for her to escape viral infamy and imminent jail time by taking a community service placement at Atlas, a shelter for rescued monkeys, it seems like just the fresh...
Author
Series
Nancy Drew clue books volume 11
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nancy, Bess, and George are excited about their school trip to the Wildlife Refuge, but when they arrive the animal Nancy most wants to see, a sixty-year-old tortoise, is on the loose.
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