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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
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Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or...
2) Saving Sammy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
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When her backyard is flooded by the nearby river, Morgan finds a baby beaver that has been washed out of its den and takes care of it until it comes time to find the animal a new home.
3) Rescued
Author
Series
Ape quartet volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
"Walking gthrough the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger--a real-life, very large tiger--pacing back and forth in a cage. What's more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things--like memories, and heartache, and tigers--can't...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Rusty, determined to help an injured dog that is chained outdoors in frigid weather, calls animal control, then takes matters into his own hands, aided by his best friend and a ghost collie that leads Rusty to an even deeper secret. Includes instructions for knitting cat blankets.
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English
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If you're into stories about zoo animals, wildlife, endangered species, nature conservation and animal welfare, you'll love both the story and facts in this animal rights fiction novel.
Readers are, invited to consider the reality of living in confinement through a story with two endings, one happy, one sad.
What does it feel like to live in a cage all your life? Imagine, for a moment, you're a zoo animal, perhaps a mongoose, living with a horde of...
8) Stolen magic
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When someone discovers Rainbow Mist and wants to use her magic, Iris and Ruby must protect the unicorn magic before it is gone forever.
9) Trapped
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Brenna, one of the volunteers at the Dr. Mac's Place animal clinic, is horrified to find a dog caught in a trap in the local nature preserve, but subsequent events prove that every story has two sides.
10) Dirt
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Things are hard for eleven-year-old Yonder. Her mother died and her father has sunk into sadness. She doesn't have a friend to her name . . . except for Dirt, the Shetland pony next door. Dirt has problems of his own. He's overweight, he's always in trouble, and his owner is the mean Miss Enid, who doesn't have the patience for a pony's natural curiosity. His only friend is Yonder, the scrawny girl next door. So when Miss Enid decides to sell Dirt...
11) Waffles
Author
Series
Puppy place. Main series volume 68
Language
English
Description
When her family fosters Waffles, a super smart puppy, Lizzie Peterson has her hands full trying to keep up with the little escape artist!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Patrick has been desperate for a dog of his own for a long as he can remember - and this summer, with his father away, he longs for a buddy more than ever. In his short doggy life, Oz has suffered at the hands of bad people. Somewhere out there, he believes, is an awesome boy - his boy. Maybe when they find each other he will learn to bark again.
13) Helping hands
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 15
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
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?
14) Rescue
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Chess moves near Joni, their differing opinions have Joni defending her family's farm, and she must find the courage to stand up to Chess when she decides to "rescue" the miniature horses from a nearby farm.
18) Wild horses
Author
Series
Horses of Half Moon Ranch volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sudden storm causes an landslide which traps Kirstie Scott in Dead Man's Canyon with a herd of wild horses, but when she sees that the herd's leader has been injured Kirstie races to find safety, and a way to help the injured stallion.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rafe Khatchadorian is horrified that because of a missed science assignment he has to go to summer school; but instead of three weeks in a school room he finds himself a volunteer at Bushytail animal refuge, which is really hard, smelly work--and somehow he needs to use the experience (and the help of a girl he meets there) to produce a first class science report.
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