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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
Author
Publisher
Forge
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Lucas Ray is shocked when an adorable puppy jumps out of an abandoned building and into his arms. Though the apartment he shares with his mother, a disabled veteran, doesn't allow dogs, Lucas can't resist taking Bella home. Bella is inexplicably drawn to Lucas, even if she doesn't understand the necessity of games like No Barks. As it becomes more difficult to hide her from the neighbors, Lucas begins to sneak Bella into the VA where he works. There,...
Author
Series
Andy Carpenter novel volume 18
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter doesn't usually stop to help others, but seeing a dog next to a homeless man inspires him to give the pair some money to help. It's just Andy's luck that things don't end there. Soon after Andy's encounter with them, man and dog are attacked in the middle of the night on the street. The dog defends its new owner, and the erstwhile attacker is bitten but escapes. But the dog is quarantined and the man, Don Carrigan,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Evaluating his life on the eve of his death, atypical canine Enzo considers the sacrifices his master, Denny Swift, has made in his pursuit of becoming a professional race car driver, and the dog's own efforts to preserve the Swift family.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the internationally bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose and A Dog's Way Home comes Love, Clancy: Diary of a Good Dog, a deeply moving story with a brand-new cast of characters, including one very good dog. You've probably never met someone like Clancy. He's keeping a diary, he's falling in love, there are rivals for his affections, he lives with his best friend and his worst enemy - even taken together, these factors are maybe not that unusual,...
6) The possibility dogs: what a handful of "unadoptables" taught me about service, hope, and healing
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tour of the psychiatric service dog industry traces the author's work with unwanted shelter dogs before matching them with people in need, documenting her own partnership with a search canine while sharing uplifting success stories.
Author
Series
Survivors volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the Big Growl that destroyed his former home, Lucky, a golden-haired mutt, may have to relinquish his loner spirit and join a pack in order to survive new dangers for which he isn't prepared.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"She's always determined to be the stable, reliable one. But now her commitment may destroy her. On the surface, Whitney Powell is happy working with her sled dogs and welcoming the new additions to her family through her sisters' marriages and an upcoming birth. But her life is full of complications, including an estranged father, that have her on the edge of losing control. Growing up, she was the strong sister, and she can't give that up now.When...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trained as a search-and-rescue dog since puppyhood, Ellie can track and find people who are physically lost, but it is her owners, widower Jakob and lonely Maya, who challenge her to find a way to save people who are lost in other ways.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 46
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
114 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack and Annie travel to a monastery in the Swiss Alps where, with the help of St. Bernard dogs and magic, they seek the second of four special objects necessary to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Penny.
Author
Series
Breed apart volume 3
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
316 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Beowulf$1 (Ba hulky, brindle-coated bullmastiff$1 (Bis the only $1! @(Bboy$1
12) Toby's story
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Toby, an unusually calm beagle puppy, finds his purpose when Mona and her mother adopt him and teach him to be a therapy dog at a nursing home.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Pub. Date
1990, c1987
Edition
1st Aladdin Books ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
46 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
For Henry and his big dog Mudge, spring means admiring the first snow glory, playing in puddles in the rain, and watching the five new kittens next door.
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
236 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Dog Man overcomes the Supa Buddies only to be confronted by a new problem that tests the limits of the entire pack to avoid barking up the wrong tree.
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After an encounter with a skunk, Dog Man, now scarlet red after being dunked in tomato juice, is exiled but must find a way to save those who shunned him when an all-new, never-before-seen villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 249 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on the latest scientific research, the author chronicles the 40,000-year bond between humans and dogs, explaining why the two species have grown to love each other so much and relating the experiences he has had with his own dog, Benjy.
19) Frogkisser!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Princess Anya sets out to defeat her step-stepfather Duke Rikard, who is an evil wizard determined to rule the kingdom, with help from the librarian Gotfried and the Royal Dogs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Junior leads his pack of dog friends on a sneaky mission into a museum to steal dinosaur bones for Lola's midnight birthday feast.