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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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Anytime Josie Shilling's large family gets too chaotic, volunteering at the local animal clinic is the one place she can escape--and she loves working with the animals. But when a box mysteriously appears on the clinic's front steps, Josie suddenly becomes responsible for seven adorable puppies! Taking care of her pig, Hamlet, last fall was a bit harder than she thought. So how is she ever going to handle a whole litter of mischievous pups and find...
5) Chestnut
Author
Series
American dog volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Chestnut is a dog without a family. After being abandoned in the wild, Chestnut is wandering the North Carolina countryside trying to survive. When twelve-year-old Meg stumbles upon him on the outskirts of her family’s Christmas tree farm, she just knows that they’re meant to be together forever. The only problem? The farm is on the brink of closing down, and her family can’t afford a pet. Meg knows she has what it takes to save the business...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
As far as twelve-year-old Odette Zyskowski is concerned, her parents have ruined her life by selling the house she and her younger brother have grown up in, getting an RV, and giving her some little mutt instead of the Labrador Retriever she wanted--but as they travel north to see her grandmother, Odette becomes aware of an even more frightening problem: her parents may be on the verge of a divorce.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When third-grader Billy Burger gets into a fight with the Randy, the school bully, he is suspended, and his parents, while sympathetic, assign him to volunteer for the Shake-a-paw Animal Shelter, which is not so bad, except for the dog poop--and proves to have unexpected benefits when the Randy corners him in an alley.
Author
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
9) Dog gone!
Author
Series
Good crooks volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their thieving parents steal a rich and famous dog, twins Jillian and Billy, who have grown tired of being crooks, must find a way to get Poochie Smoochie back to her owner. Includes activities.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Tucker smells a familiar scent in the air, he knows his favorite day of the year has come--Thanksgiving! Tucker loves to play with his family, help clean up, and most of all, enjoy a delicious feast. But as the day goes by, Tucker and his doggy cousins haven't had even a bite. Will they ever get to gobble up any holiday treats?--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
After finding two pugs on her front porch, Sam agrees to take care of them until their real owner shows up and she finds it hard work, but when the owner does come forward, Sam is surprised at how attached she has become to the pugs.
"When Sam comes home one day to find a pair of pugs left on her porch, she's sure it's destiny. Unfortunately, her parents say the family is too busy for a pet--let alone two! But Sam has to take in the sweet, abandoned...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Josie is timid at school, comfortable at home, and confident when she and her dog Clementine are volunteering at the pediatric ward of the local hospital; Oscar is acting out and in trouble at school, miserable at home, and forced to volunteer as a punishment; Gabby is popular at school, but her perfect life is threatened because she is hiding a dangerous medical condition--but at the hospital the three children are brought together by Clementine...
14) Kodiak
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 56
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Welcome to the Puppy Place -- where every puppy finds a home! Lizzie Peterson and her friends are heading to a cabin in the woods for a girls' weekend. On the way, they spot and rescue Kodiak, an energetic Malamute stray with a mind of his own. Can Lizzie and her friends tame the wild pup and find him a home?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cally Fisher knows she can see her dead mother, but the only other living soul who does is a mysterious wolfhound who always seems to be there when her mom appears. How can Cally convince anyone that her mom is still with the family, or persuade her dad that the huge silver-gray dog belongs with them? With beautiful, spare writing and adorable animals, A Dog Called Homeless is perfect for readers of favorite middle-grade novels starring dogs, such...
Author
Series
Dogs of World War II volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In September 1944 eleven-year-old Billie lives with her great aunt, Doff, eagerly waiting for her older brother Leo to return from boot camp, and desperate to find the father that left when she was little; but Leo brings a friend with him, a Navajo named Denny, and the injured dog they have rescued and named Bear--and when the two young men go off to war Bear becomes the thread that ties them all together, and helps Billie to find a true friend.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her older brother is arrested on her eleventh birthday, Bean Wright is devastated, and determined to raise the bail money that their mother does not have; the most promising scheme she comes up with is getting a young girl named Phoebe, one of the summer residents, to sell her valuable Mastiff guard dog, Honey--but the scheme takes a dark turn when the buyer turns out to want Honey for dog fighting.
18) Ginger Pye
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives of the Pye children.
19) Sounder
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
A young black boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and discovering that things do not die but become part of other things, brings the youngster new hope.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Description
"From the living legend and award-winning author of Hatchet comes a laugh-out-loud middle-grade romp about a boy, his free-thinking dad, and the puppy-training pamphlet that turns their summer upside down"--
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