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42) The brave kitten
Author
Series
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Helena loves helping out at the animal hospital where her cousin Lucy works. One day, the girls find a young cat who's been injured by a car. Helena helps to care for the cat she names Caramel, but when it's time for him to go home, Caramel's owner can't be found. Caramel doesn't want to be kept at the animal hospital, and he especially doesn't like the scratchy cast on his leg. But if no one comes forward to claim him, how will he ever have a place...
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 1
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Secret Explorers jump into action to save a pod of humpback whales, but when Connor and Roshini's submarine malfunctions, the explorers could be the ones in trouble.
Author
Publisher
W W Norton
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned screech owl, whose lasting friendship with the author illuminates humanity's relationship with the world. When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near-death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they'd rescued, she'd be a temporary presence. But Alfie's feathers were not growing correctly, requiring prolonged care. As Alfie grew and gained strength, she became...
45) Pangolina
Author
Publisher
Minedition
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Captured by cruel hunters because her scales are believed to have curative powers, Pangolina is saved by a small girl and her mother who buy her and set her free.
48) Lotus & Feather
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A lonely girl finds a friend when she and her grandfather rescue an wounded crane.
50) Raccoon rescue
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"At WildCare in San Rafael, California, many wild animals are brought in every day skunks, birds, opossums, squirrels, and more including raccoons. Four baby raccoons are put into the hands of WildCare staff, specifically volunteer Shelley. The kits need feedings, medicine, burpings, and even help going to the bathroom. The kits are not allowed to spend any time with other humans they can t be used to humans once they are returned to the wilds...
51) Koala hospital
Author
Series
Publisher
Owlkids Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Take a tour of a hospital dedicated to caring for sick and injured koalas.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Liz is thrilled to find a forever home for her latest rescue, Sheamus, a Maine Coon cat. But on adoption day, she discovers Sheamus's would-be owner, Joe Hitchcock, murdered in his study. Joe's shocking death reveals an even more startling secret: his real name was Joe Danvers...a man accused of killing his wife thirty years ago. Liz knows she should focus on finding Sheamus a new home, but this mystery already has its claws in her. So Liz begins...
53) Desert rescue
Author
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Rescuing a kidnapped child is part of the job for search-and-rescue K-9 handler Patrick Sanders--but this time it's his son. Now Patrick and his furry partner must work with his high school love, Jennie Wilcox, to shield the little boy he just learned about. But with someone targeting them, will Patrick and Jennie survive to face their painful past and become a family?"--
55) The Endangereds
Author
Series
Endangereds volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Nukilik, a polar bear, joins Wangari, a pangolin with a genius for engineering, Murdock, an extremely sarcastic narwhal, and Arief, an orangutan with a big dream, to safeguard other endangered animals.
56) Kodiak
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 56
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While heading to a cabin in the woods for a girls' weekend, Lizzie Peterson and her friends rescue a wild, energetic Malamute stray with a mind of his own, that they try to tame and find a home.
58) K-9 cops
Author
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Owl Hollow Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When Isha is sent to live with her grandparents in the Indian countrysides, she discovers a sacred grove where a young Bengal tiger has taken refuge. Isha's crusade to save the cub becomes the catalyst for a life or death cultural controversy.
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