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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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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.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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When Bailey meets eight-year-old Ethan, he quickly figures out his purpose: to play with the boy, to explore the Farm during summers with the boy, and to tidy the boy's dishes by licking them clean (only when Mom isn't watching). But Bailey soon learns that life isn't always so simple--that sometimes bad things happen--and that there can be no greater purpose than to protect the boy he loves.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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While nursing a broken heart, Josh Michaels is outraged when a neighbor abandons his very pregnant dog, Lucy, at Josh's Colorado home. But Josh can't resist Lucy's soulful brown eyes, and though he's never had a dog before, he's determined to do the best he can for Lucy--and her soon-to-arrive, bound-to-be-adorable puppies. Soon in over his head, Josh calls the local animal shelter for help, and meets Kerri, a beautiful woman with a quick wit and...
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English
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Set against the most dramatic time in our species' history, The Dog Master tells the story of one tribe's struggle for survival and one extraordinary man's bond with a wolf-a friendship that changed mankind forever... Thirty thousand years ago, ice was storming the planet. Among the species forced out of the trees and onto the steppes by the advancing cold was modern man, who was both predator and prey. No stranger to the experiences that make us...
5) Toby's story
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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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.
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Series
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English
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This short story introduces former college football star turned repo man Ruddy McCann, star of W. Bruce Cameron's new novel The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man, and tells how Ruddy met his best friend Jake, a lazy but lovable basset hound, during a repo gone wrong.
Full of laugh-out-loud humor and thrilling adventure, The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man is a page-turning, delightful short story by the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling...
10) A Dog's Purpose
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Searching for his purpose over the course of multiple canine lives, Bailey is reborn as a golden-haired puppy after a tragic death as a stray and shares a loving bond with young Ethan before he again dies and starts over.
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Series
Publisher
Starscape, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Some dogs were born to lend a helping hand (or paw!). Zeus, a chocolate lab puppy, is one of them. With his courage, smarts, and strength his purpose seems clear: he'll become a water rescue dog! When a young boy named Kimo is tasked with training Zeus, they quickly become best friends. But Zeus's excitement makes training hard, and worse yet, becoming a working dog means being separated from Kimo. Can Zeus and his boy figure out how to stay together...
Author
Series
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
135 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lily lives with her girl, Maggie Rose. Once a stray, Lily was rescued by the kind people at the animal shelter run by Maggie Rose's mom. Now she has a very important purpose: to rescue other animals in trouble. On a camping trip with Maggie Rose's dad, Lily gets sprayed by a skunk. But the skunk has no stink! That means it can't defend itself against big animals. Can Lily find a way to help? It's Lily to the rescue!"--
13) Dog dog goose
Author
Series
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
139 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lily lives with her girl, Maggie Rose. Once a stray, Lily was rescued by the kind people at the animal shelter run by Maggie Rose's mom. Now she has a very important purpose: to rescue other animals in trouble. A gaggle of orphaned baby geese think Lily is their mother. But they need to learn how to fly. Can Lily find a way to teach them? It's Lily to the rescue!"--
14) Shelby's story
Author
Publisher
A Tom Doherty Associates book
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
207 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On her journey from rescue dog to movie star, the greatest gift Shelby receives is the love and affection from the people around her.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Lily lives with her girl, Maggie Rose. Once a stray, Lily was rescued by the kind people at the animal shelter run by Maggie Rose's mom. Now she has a very important purpose: to rescue other animals in trouble.
In Lily to the Rescue, Lily meets a crow with a broken wing, so she and Maggie Rose take the crow home to Mom. But, when the crow starts to become too tame, some unexpected problems arise. It's Lily to the rescue!
16) Lacey's story
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Series
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an accident leaves young pup Lacey's hind legs paralyzed, she must learn how to walk and play again, and when a tornado strikes, putting her human girl Wenling's and her best dog friend Cooper's families in danger, only Lacey and her cart can save the day.
17) A dog's courage
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Series
Publisher
Forge/A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron once again captures the bravery and determination of a very good dog in the gripping sequel to A Dog's Way Home, the acclaimed novel that inspired the hit movie! Bella was once a lost dog, but now she lives happily with her people, Lucas and Olivia, only occasionally recalling the hardships in her past. Then a weekend camping trip turns into a harrowing struggle for survival when the Rocky Mountains...
Author
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Max realizes his purpose is to show CJ how to live in the big city because he knows how to take charge, but CJ wants Max to be a softer, gentler dog.
19) Foxes in a fix
Author
Series
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rescue dog Lily helps her owner Maggie Rosie find a missing family of Arctic foxes that escaped their cage at the zoo.
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Series
Language
English
Description
A brand new Puppy Tale from the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the A Dog's Purpose series, W. Bruce Cameron!
When Cooper-a Malamute-Great Dane puppy-is taken to an adoption fair, he finds the perfect forever home with a boy named Burke. Soon Cooper discovers his very important purpose: to help Burke by pulling his wheelchair, fetching things for him, and assisting him in and out of his chair.
Cooper's Story is an uplifting...