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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Chester, a service dog, is adopted into a family where he becomes a companion to Gus, a ten-year-old boy with nonverbal autism, who initially challenges Chester by requiring a different kind of friendship.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"Every dog has work to do. Every dog has a purpose. 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. Bailey's...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Billy, old Dan and little Ann- a boy and his two dogs... A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country. Old Dan and the brawn, Little Ann had the brains- and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley.
5) Hero
Author
Series
Hero (Shotz) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
"Hero, a retired police search-and-rescue dog, is not prepared for a stray puppy to come into his life. But when he and twelve-year-old Ben find Scout injured and afraid, the new addition leads them down an unexpected and dangerous path. When Scout goes missing, it's up to Hero to use his search-and-rescue skills to find Scout and bring him home. Get ready for a canine adventure full of danger, loyalty, and the unbreakable bond between a boy and his...
6) Stella
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
As a puppy, Stella was trained to use her powerful beagle nose to sniff out dangerous chemicals and help her handler keep people safe. During a routine security inspection, Stella misses the scent of an explosive. The sound of the blast is loud and scary. Unable to go back to work because of her anxiety, Stella is retired as a working dog. A young girl named Cloe wants to adopt Stella, the beagle smells a strange chemical inside Cloe's body, a scent...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
For the well-meaning Henry Huggins, nothing ever works out quite as planned including getting the bike of his dreams. Luckily his pal Beezus Quimby is there to help! Henry's attempts at raising money for his bike fund keep falling flat. Selling bubble gum on the playground gets him in trouble with his teacher, and then Ribsy's nose for mischief almost ruins Henry s paper route. Even pesky little Ramona Quimby manages to get in the way of Henry's chance...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 460L
Language
English
Description
Roy is a West Highland terrier who loves to dig in the dirt and mud; sometimes he buries things, and sometimes he finds things, but mostly he just likes to dig--even though he does not like the bath that may follow the digging.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries - and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It's because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it's because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie.
11) Pig the tourist
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, Pig the pug spreads destruction wherever he travels, creating complete chaos wrecking parties and parades until finally the locals unite to tell him to go away--but Pig never really learns his lesson and remains a bad traveling companion to this day.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
Bob, a mutt of uncertain heritage, sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan the gorilla and Ruby the elephant. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family. -- adapted from back cover
14) Old Yeller
Author
Series
Old Yeller volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
A story of a boy and his dog in the Texas hill country ranks high in the annals of boy and dogdom. Gipson, in earlier books, has evinced an evocative quality which recaptures for the reader the sounds, the smells, the sights of the region he knows and loves, recaptures too the emotional quality, the moods of his central figure. This was particularly true in Hound-Dog Man, which for some readers was marred by the vernacular. In Old Yeller the story...
15) Max's story
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
"I knew the girl was mine. The one I had been waiting for. But this girl, the right girl, somehow didn't hear me. My barks were not loud enough to reach her. I was not big enough to jump the fence and race to her. She walked steadily on with the three dogs on the leashes, and Gail reached down into the pen. "My goodness, Max, what is all the racket about?" she asked, lifting me up. "Careful, now! You'll make me drop you!" I wiggled and whined in her...
16) Shiloh season
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal.
17) Molly's story
Author
Series
Dog's purpose (Juvenile) volume 3
Dog's purpose puppy tale volume 03
Dog's purpose novel volume 05
Dog's purpose novel volume 5
Dog's purpose puppy tale volume 03
Dog's purpose novel volume 05
Dog's purpose novel volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
Meet Molly, a very special dog with a very special purpose. Molly knows that her purpose to take care of her girl, CJ, but it won't be easy. Neglected by her mother, who won't allow her to have a dog, CJ is going through some tough times. Molly's job is stay hidden in CJ's room, cuddle up to her at night, and protect her from bad people. And no matter what CJ's mother does to keep them apart, nothing will keep Molly away from the girl who she loves....
Author
Series
Stick Dog volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When he discovers that Santa delivers presents, Stick Dog and his friends go to great lengths to make sure Santa doesn't miss Stick Dog's pipe this holiday season.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1320L
Language
English
Description
"Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese set out through the Canadian wilderness. Separately, they would soon have died. But, together, the three house pets faced starvation, exposure, and wild forest animals to make their way home to the family they love." --
20) Ruffing it
Author
Series
Dog diaries (James Patterson) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Excitedly accompanying his human family on a camping vacation in the woods, canine Junior happily chases raccoons, fetches sticks and doggy-paddles in the lake, before an obedience-obsessed human arrives and spoils his fun.
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