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21) Stone Fox
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"John Reynolds Gardiner's classic action-packed adventure story about a thrilling dogsled race has captivated readers for more than thirty years. Based on a Rocky Mountain legend, Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy, who lives with his grandfather in Wyoming. When Grandfather falls ill, he is no longer able to work the farm, which is in danger of foreclosure. Little Willy is determined to win the National Dogsled Race-the prize money would save...
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My weird school volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Famous children's author Suki Kabuki and her pet raptor, Rappy, wreak havoc during a visit to Ella Mentry School.
23) Fiona the Hippo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Fiona the Hippo , by New York Times bestselling artist Richard Cowdrey of Bad Dog, Marley fame, tells the story of Fiona, the adorable internet sensation from the Cincinnati Zoo who captured hearts around the world with her inspiring story and plucky personality. Born prematurely, at only 29 pounds, Fiona was not expected to live. But her spunk and determination (along with lots of love and support from her caregivers at the zoo) helped her thrive...
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A super-duper dog show is Brother and Sister Bear's greatest idea yet. What could possibly go wrong? Find out what happens when Too-Tall and the gang decide to crash the big show. This engaging early reader chapter book features all your favorite Berenstain Bear family and friends. Dogs large and small will do amazing tricks. Dr. Hairball, the vet, will judge. The Arfo Dog Biscuit Company has even agreed to give out prizes to each and every dog. It's...
26) Never Cry Wolf
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This international bestseller that changed the way we look at wolves “opens new horizons in understanding animal nature and intelligence” (Newsday). In 1948, Farley Mowat landed in the far north of Manitoba, Canada, a young biologist sent to investigate the region’s dwindling population of caribou. Many people thought that the caribous’ conspicuous decline had been caused by the tundra’s most notorious predator: the wolf. Alone among the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
Description
Marlin, a stutterer, can talk smoothly and freely with the jungle animals that populate his father's zoo in South America--until a mysterious man-eating black jaguar that his father catches and brings back home talks back.
28) Krakens and Lies
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Menagerie volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
Description
The Menagerie trilogy comes to a fantastic conclusion in Krakens and Lies, the third magical and mysterious adventure from Tui Sutherland ( New York Times bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series) and Kari Sutherland. Young readers who love mythological creatures and series like Fablehaven, the Spiderwick Chronicles, and Spirit Animals won't want to miss the Menagerie. Someone has been sabotaging the Menagerie, and Logan and Zoe are on the case....
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"First-rate entertainment": The author of the Corfu Trilogy recounts his expedition to Madagascar and search for the elusive, endangered aye-aye (Publishers Weekly). In 1990, Gerald Durrell; his wife, Lee; and a television crew embarked on a rescue mission to one of the most interesting places in the world: the island of Madagascar. It was there that they hoped to record and capture the endangered aye-aye, the world's largest nocturnal primate. Recognizable...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Join Splat the Cat on a school trip to the zoo in New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton's hilarious new adventure, Splat and the Cool School Trip . Splat the Cat is so excited when Mrs. Wimpydimple announces that the class will be going to the zoo. While everyone calls out his or her favorite animal -- Elephant! Giraffe! Monkey! -- Splat only wants to see the penguins. After all, penguins are perfect; they are black and white, just...
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Naturalist Gerald Durrell recalls his expedition to South America to find exotic animals in this follow-up to A Zoo in My Luggage. After bringing multiple species of African animals back to the Channel Island of Jersey to populate their new zoo, British naturalist Gerald Durrell and his wife followed their passion for wildlife preservation on a journey to South America. With a team of helpers, they spent eight months on safari searching for exotic...
32) Black Beauty
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English
Description
A horse in nineteenth-century England encounters many misfortunes until he finds the happiness and contentment he deserves.
33) Splat the Cat
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Splat the Cat is nervous about his first day at cat school, but once he arrives he realizes he had nothing to worry about.
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English
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A British naturalist recounts how he and his wife acquired a menagerie of animals and set up their own zoo in this delightful memoir. For many years I had wanted to start a zoo ... Any reasonable person smitten with an ambition of this sort would have secured the zoo first and obtained the animals afterwards. But throughout my life I have rarely if ever achieved what I wanted by tackling it in a logical fashion. After a decade of supplying creatures...
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Dragons, curses, romance, and time travel meet in this fantastical series by USA Today bestselling author Tina Glasneck.
She must travel to the past to save the future.
Present day, Virginia. Jaz has always felt like a fish out of water. When a chance discovery leads her to realize she's actually a dragon shifter, specifically one who demands justice, she travels back in time to the 16th century to save the future world.
1520, Europe. The world...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
A daring dog takes a whirlwind tour of Rome in search of freedom in new picture book from beloved storyteller Mac Barnett and masterful illustrator Claire Keane Paolo the dachshund is trapped. Though he lives in Rome, a city filled with history and adventure, he is confined to a hair salon. Paolo dreams of the sweet life -- la dolce vita -- in the Eternal City. And then, one day, he escapes! Paolo throws himself into the city, finding adventure at...
38) Ginger Pye
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
Description
The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives of the Pye children.
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Beast charmer volume 1
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English
Description
Has all the lush world-building and intoxicating magic of the Harry Potter universe - Entertainment Weekly "Lush and sweeping swords-and-sorcery romance" - The New York Times Assassin's Creed meets Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in this gripping, epic fantasy romance trilogy. My heart wasn't part of the deal when I bargained for my life, But assassins so rarely keep their word. Exiled Charmer Leena Edenfrell is running out of time. Empty...
40) Dragon Mountain
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
Description
"From the authors behind the critically acclaimed Sam Wu books, a thrilling new fantasy series about friendship, courage, adventure, and dragon magic. When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a language and culture camp in the middle-of-nowhere China, he can't imagine anything worse. He's not expecting to become friends with fellow campers Dylan O'Donnell, Charlotte Bell, and Liu Ling-Fei. And he's definitely not planning...
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