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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London, is one of America's best-known novels. In his Reader's Companion to this new edition, Daniel Dyer provides a wealth of annotations explaining the book's many "sourdough" expressions and geographical references in order to help the modern reader see what London saw. Dyer also identifies characters in the novel - human and canine alike - whom London had known, and he spices his annotations with Northern lore and...
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.
3) Faded love
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Hank the Cowdog quits his job as Head of Ranch Security and travels in search of adventure and romance.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes. Includes two short stories which became the inspiration for the Hank books.
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Hank the Cowdog has one of the scariest adventures of his life when he and his cowardly companion, Drover, find themselves in a strange and spooky place on Halloween night.
7) Ribsy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Overview: Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary gives Henry's dog, Ribsy, the center stage in this dog's-eye view of the adventure of a lifetime. Good ol' Ribsy's ever-curious mind has always gotten him into scrapes, but this time he may have gone too far. After a comical turn of events, Ribsy finds himself in the wrong station wagon with the wrong children. Ribsy will do anything to find Henry, but there's plenty of excitement to be had along...
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hank the Cowdog goes to the rescue as a wild, one-eyed horse creates havoc on the ranch but some of his outrageious stunts get him into more trouble than he bargained for.
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 51
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the threat of prairie fires looming, security expert Hank the Cowdog takes on extra duties as Head of Fire Safety, while trying to resist the mouth-watering hens in Sally May's chicken house.
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Accompanying Slim and Little Alfred into town on a Christmas shopping trip, Hank and Drover run into a wounded buzzard and a gang of toughs so mean and heartless, it's a wonder they ever make it back to the ranch.
12) Shiloh
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
"When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs"--Title verso page.
13) Old Yeller
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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...
14) Hero
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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...
15) Chester and Gus
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.
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 58
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an odd turn of events brings a parrot to the ranch, Hank ignores the mimicking bird and struggles to keep up with Sally May and Loper's persistent requests to bark louder and dig up the flowers.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hank the Cowdog, head of ranch security, bravely faces the dangers of Picket Canyon to unravel the mystery surrounding an unusual cat.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 54
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Unaware that his nemesis Pete the Barncat is playing yet another prank on him, Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, tries to save the world from "terradogtail" dinosaur birds armed with bacon-stealing laser tongs.
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 56
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Hank the Cowdog hears reports that coyotes are planning to go after the chickens, he manages to resist the temptation to join them and instead thwarts their attack, earning Sally May's forgiveness, and persuading Loper to stop feeding him Cheapo brand dog food.
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Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 53
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
What was Hank's trusty sidekick Drover's life like before he came to the ranch? It's all here, from his early days as runt of the litter through his fruitless search for a job to his ultimate position as Hank's right-paw man.
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