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"Once I started this incomparable story, I couldn't put it down, and I cannot get it out of my mind—nor will I ever. The message of what can be accomplished by training through affection and joy will thrill all animal lovers." —Betty White
A captivating true story of loyalty, friendship, and high adventure that spans several decades and three continents, Modoc is one of the most remarkable true stories
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Storm runners volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
700L
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English
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Twelve-year-old Chase Masters travels the country with his father, a "storm runner," but he is tested in ways he never could have imagined when he and a new friend are caught in a hurricane near St. Petersburg, Florida.
3) Dumbo
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2011.
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English
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A baby elephant born with oversized ears is ridiculed by all the circus animals until he is befriended by a mouse who helps him become the world's only flying elephant.
4) The surge
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
600L
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English
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After barely surviving a terrifying hurricane, Chase and his friends Nicole and Rashawn have made it to the safety of Nicole's family farm, which is also the winter home of the Rossi Brothers Circus, where flood waters are rising and dangerous circus animals are on the loose.
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Chet has smelled a lot of unusual things in his years as trusted companion and partner to P.I. Bernie Little, but nothing has prepared him for the exotic scents he encounters when an old-fashioned traveling circus comes to town. Bernie scores tickets to this less-than-greatest-show-on-earth because his son Charlie is crazy about elephants. The only problem is that Peanut, the headlining pachyderm of this particular one-ring circus, has gone missing--along...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 600L
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English
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After courageously swimming to shore when the ship that they are traveling on sinks and the wretched captain does nothing to rescue them, circus animals find a way to become a valued part of a coastal community.
7) Eruption
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Storm runners volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
590L
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English
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Twelve-year-old Chase and his friend Nicole Rossi attempt to rescue the Rossi Brothers' Circus--lions, tigers, elephants, and all--in Mexico, where a massive earthquake has struck, leading to the imminent eruption of a volcano.
9) Dumbo
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 570L
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English
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When Dumbo the baby circus elephant is separated from his mother, he will need help from his friends and belief in himself to find his way back to her.
10) Saving Flora
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Flora is a circus elephant who can no longer perform her tricks. The night before she's scheduled to be euthanized, the circus owner's fourteen-year old daughter, Dawn, sneaks Flora from the circus. All that stands between them and the safety of the elephant preserve is three hundred miles of woods, one raging river, two elephant hunters, and the fear of not making it.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
570L
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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...
12) Tiger counter
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Nancy Drew girl detective volume 15
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Nancy, and her BFFs Bess and George, have volunteered at the River Heights Animal Protection Center, never dreaming that they might soon need protection from the animals! But that's exactly what happens when a truck delivering circus tigers breaks down by the woods, and the big cats escape. Nancy and her friends were nearby responding to a call from Mrs. Eartha - one of her pet cats was attacked by a coyote - when suddenly they're swept up in the...
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In the wild, Billie would have been free to wander the jungles of Asia surrounded by family. Instead, she was captured as a baby and shipped to America. For decades Billie crisscrossed the country, dazzling audiences while suffering daily neglect and abuse. Told against the backdrop of a glittering but brutal circus world, this is the story of elephants in America, the Elephant Sanctuary, and one resilient elephant who defied the system.
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"The traveling Medici Bros. circus is made up of a ragtag group. There's Miss Atlantis, the resident mermaid, who is trying to find her voice. And Rongo, a strongman juggling more duites than he can keep track of. There's also a brokenhearted family in need of some healing: Holt -a former Stallion Star and war veteran; his daughter, Milly- a budding scientist with little interest in taking up the family act; and her little brother Joe -a clumsy kid...
16) Circus of dreams
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"The traveling Medici Bros. circus is made up of a ragtag group. There's Miss Atlantis, the resident mermaid, who is trying to find her voice. And Rongo, a strongman juggling more duties than he can keep track of. There's also a brokenhearted family in need of some healing: Holt--a former Stallion Star and war veteran; his daughter, Milly--a budding scientist with little interest in taking up the family act; and her little brother Joe--a clumsy kid...
18) Dumbo
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Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
Description
The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, who happens to be a veteran of the circus, but the newborn is soon ridiculed because of his truly gigantic ears and is dubbed "Dumbo". Dumbo is relegated to the circus' clown acts. It is up to Dumbo's only true friend, Timothy Q. Mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential.
19) Circus train
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
210L
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English
Description
Circus Train pulls in to town, and each kind of animal is in it's own brightly colored car.
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