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Dog's purpose volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
The dog who thinks of himself as 'Bailey' knows one thing for sure: all dogs go to heaven after they have fulfilled their purpose on earth. But Bailey's work on earth is far from finished: there are still so many more humans that need a dog's talent for unconditional love. There is one family in particular that needs Bailey's help, a family that is on the verge of breaking apart. But if Bailey helps this family he won't remember his previous lives,...
Author
Series
Dog's purpose volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, this touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here? Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8 year...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Love and hope often arrive in the strangest places and in the strangest ways. During his tour of duty in Iraq, LtCol Jay Kopelman of the U.S. Marines endured the emotional stress common for those involved in bloody battles for freedom. Skirting the rules forbidding pets, Kopelman and his comrades adopted an abandoned puppy left behind after the battle for Fallujah. The dog (named Lava) befriended the Marines and journalists and was eventually smuggled...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
The story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans.--From publisher description.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
An account of the vital role dogs play in military operations, discussing dozens of canine heroes, ranging from World War I to the raid on Osama bin Laden, and the bonds that develop between the dogs and their handlers.
7) Cujo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Cujo used to be a big friendly dog, lovable and loyal to his trinity (The Man, The Woman, and The Boy) and everyone around him, and always did his best to not be a BAD DOG. But that all ends on the day this nearly two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard makes the mistake of chasing a rabbit into a hidden underground cave, setting off a tragic chain of events. Now Cujo is no longer himself as he is slowly overcome by a growing sickness, one that consumes his...
8) Watchers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 28
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Two creatures, the end result of experiments in genetic engineering and enhanced intelligence, escape from a government laboratory and bring either doom or a touching new kind of love to those they encounter.
Out of a government laboratory so sinister and secret that its very name cannot be whispered and into the life of certain good and evil people come two escaped creatures, one murderous and one benign and both "changed, changed utterly" from...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Chaser, a border collie, has a way with words. She knows over a thousand of them-- more than any other animal of any species except humans. Pilley has opened the door to a new understanding of animal intelligence, one that requires us to reconsider what actually goes on in a dog's mind. Chaser's achievements reveal her use of deductive reasoning and complex problem-solving skills to address novel challenges. And the training methods can be adopted...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
When a beloved family dog is stolen, her owner sets out on a life-changing journey through the ruins of our world to bring her back in this fiercely compelling tale of survival, courage, and hope. My name's Griz. My childhood wasn't like yours. I've never had friends, and in my whole life I've not met enough people to play a game of football. My parents told me how crowded the world used to be, but we were never lonely on our remote island. We had...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Emily Parmenter lives on a plantation where her father raises hunting spaniels and her only friends are her dog and the housekeeper. When troubled debutante Lulu Foxworth moves in to recuperate, Emily is forced to grow up faster than she had expected.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Buddy is a good dog, finally at peace after searching for his purpose through several eventful lives. Yet as he watches curious baby Clarity get into mischief on his family's farm, he is certain that this little girl is very much in need of a dog of her own. This delightful novel continues the soulful story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love. A dog's journey is...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
At the heart of this innovative writing venture is the story of two girls growing up in the southern town of Harmony just before World War 1. Jodie and Bethan have different personalities and interests, but their friendship grows strong through shared joys, trials and finally, a devastating loss faced together. But the day comes when faith itself drives a tragic wedge between them-and shatters the love and respect they once shared. When Bethan's brother...
14) Wild Man Island
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
After fourteen-year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska, where he manages to survive, encounters unexpected animal and human inhabitants, and looks for traces of the earliest prehistoric immigrants to America.
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Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
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After his second tour of Iraq, Captain Luis Montalvan came home with physical wounds, traumatic brain injury and crippling PTSD all taking it's toll. Haunted by the war and in constant pain, Luis drank, argued, and cut himself off from those he loved. Then Luis met Tuesday, a golden retriever who had difficulty connecting with or trusting a human being-until Luis.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Military policewoman Holly Barker lost a harassment case against her superior and quit the army. On arriving for a new job as deputy of a Florida town she finds the chief shot, a case which will lead to an assault by the FBI on a compound of the very rich.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons took their beloved terminally ill cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to be put to sleep. What began as a terrible day got brighter as the ugliest dog they had ever seen - missing an ear, and with half his face in scar tissue - captured their hearts. Used as bait for fighting dogs at four months old, Oogy had been left to die. Unable to resist his charms, the Levins - whose sons were adopted...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In 1925, a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through icebound Nome, Alaska. The life-saving serum was a thousand miles away, and a blizzard was brewing. Airplanes could not fly in such conditions: only the dogs could do it. Racing against death, twenty dog teams relayed the serum across the Alaskan wilderness as newspapers nationwide headlined the drama, enthralling an entire generation. The heroic dash to Nome inspired the annual Iditarod Dog Sled...
19) Lost & found
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Starting her life over after the death of her husband, a New England psychologist takes a job as an animal control warden and slowly heals from her grief through friendships with a young anorexic, an archery instructor, and an injured oversized dog.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Captain Luis Montalvan returned home from his second tour of duty in Iraq, having survived stab wounds, a traumatic brain injury, and three broken vertebrae. But the pressures of civilian life and his injuries proved too much to bear. Physical disabilities, agoraphobia, and crippling PTSD drove him to the edge of suicide. That's when he met Tuesday - his best friend forever. Tuesday came with his own history of challenges: from the Puppies Behind...
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