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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 2
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English
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When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities.
5) Rescued
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Ape quartet volume 3
Language
English
Description
When John was ten years old his father brought back a baby orangutan from Indonesia, and Raja quickly becomes John's "brother" and responsibility--so years later, after his parents divorce, and his father has sold Raja to a roadside zoo, John sets out to rescue him and bring him to a sanctuary in Indonesia.
The third entry in the taut, heart-wrenching quartet that made Eliot Schrefer a two-time National Book Award finalist introduces us to an orangutan...
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Publisher
Aladdin
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
When Webster the dog arrives at Green Meadows Farm he has already been adopted, mistreated, and given away three times and is done with people, but the other animals of the shelter will not let him give up on the possibility of a special family.
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Nine lives volume no. 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Language
English
Description
Bracken, the Bradman's cat, has given birth to nine adorable kittens. Nine very different personalities each need very special homes. Can the Bradman's be sure they've found the right owners.
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Middle school volume 14
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Animal Ark volume 33
Publisher
Scholastic
Language
English
Description
When Mandy and James observe SPCA inspector Danny Davies and his beagle, Sasha, on patrol, things taken an unexpected turn when Sasha is injured.
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Series
Animal Ark volume 32
Publisher
Scholastic
Language
English
Description
Mandy and James discover a stray cat and her kittens and try to save them.
14) Mist
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Red Comet Press
Language
English
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"The incredible story of a boy's quest to give the ultimate gift to a caged wild animal: freedom. London, 1880, 13-year-old Clay is a mud lark, scavenging on the banks of the Thames for anything he might sell for money to buy food. One day Clay goes to the camp of the circus that has newly arrived in town and meets Ollie, a girl about his age, who lives with the circus. Ollie brings him to the cage of "the last wolf in England". Mist, as he calls...
15) Helping hands
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Series
Vet volunteers volume 15
Publisher
Puffin Books
Language
English
Description
Jules and Josh are so excited when their parents hire ponies to attract customers to their sidewalk sale. But the Vet Volunteers notice that the ponies don't seem to be very healthy, and after an examination, they learn that the handler, Gus, has been mistreating them. Can the Vet Volunteers help the ponies get well and find a better life for them?
18) One cool friend
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Dial Books for Young Readers
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English
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Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In March of 1887, Rocco, an eleven-year-old from an Italian village, arrives in New York CIty where he is forced to live in squalor and beg for money as a street musician, but he finds the city's cruelty to children and animals intolerable and sets out to make things better, whatever the cost to himself.
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