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Staying busy has helped Tova cope ever since her son disappeared decades ago. So when her husband dies, she takes a job at the aquarium, where she meets Marcellus, an octopus that deduces what happened to her son.
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 31
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English
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A tale reminiscent of "Hamlet" that also celebrates the alliance between humans and dogs follows speech-disabled Wisconsin youth Edgar, who bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove that his sinister uncle is responsible for his father's death.
3) Pet friendly
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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When his Uncle Bertie dies, Todd Dwyer is left with his little mutt, Archie. Todds girlfriend insists that he give Archie to his sister, whose rural home is a days drive away. Todd and Archie hit the road, but after a detour to a hotel run by Todds childhood friend, Emma, their road trip turns bumpier than an unpaved country lane.
5) Stella
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Stella used to be a bomb-sniffing dog, but after a terrible accident, she goes to live on a small family farm to recover from her fear of loud noises.
6) Dragon kiss
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Audun, a dragon from the Icy North, encounters obstacles as he pursues the love of his life--a human girl who can transform into a dragon using magic.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.
8) Wish
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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"A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are"-- Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2015
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English
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When the man who once rejected her when she needed him most asks for her help in securing grants for his patients, Darcy Stone cannot refuse since she needs the money to fund her own project, but is distracted from the task at hand by the growing passion between them
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Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Sassy and Waldo are good dogs, who keep their house safe (from squirrels, mostly), and worry about their boy, Stewart, who always comes home from school smelling of anxiety, so the two dogs come up with a plan to help him--they will dress up in a trench coat and attend school, posing as a new student, to find out just what is bothering Stewart.
11) Then came you
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English
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When she accepts a position as a veterinary intern in the small town of Sunshine, Idaho, Emily is shocked to discover that her new boss is her one-night stand from a Reno veterinary conference, which changes everything.
12) Shiver
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity.
13) Life of Pi
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan,...
14) Zoo
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Series
Zoo volume 1
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of the violence to come becomes terrifyingly clear. With the help of ecologist Chloe Tousignant, Oz races to warn world leaders before it is too late. The attacks are growing in ferocity, cunning, and planning, and soon there...
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Having discovered a magical society beneath the exhibits at the Clarksville City Zoo where animals and humans live harmoniously together as equals, Noah and his friends must protect the secret zoo at all costs.
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Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Hank is a pill bug whose daily routine involves nibbling a dead leaf, climbing up a long stick, avoiding a skateboarder, and playing pretend with his best friend, a human girl named Amelia.
17) Forever
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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A human girl and her werewolf boyfriend must fight for their love as death comes closing in.
18) Sinner
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Cole St. Clair has come to California for one reason: to get back Isabel Culpeper.
Isabel fled from Cole's damaged, drained life... and damaged and drained it even more. He doesn't just want her, he needs her. Isabel is trying to build herself a life in Los Angeles. She can play the game as well as all the other fakes, but what's the point? Cole and Isabel have the power to love each other and the power to tear each other apart. The only thing for...
19) The gathering
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Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Maya suspects there may be a relationship between her paw-print birthmark, her connection with wild animals, and strange events occurring in her tiny Vancouver Island community, where a medical research facility harbors big secrets.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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This movie novelization of the soon-to-be major motion picture tells the story of a canine hero. When Justin's older brother, Kyle, is killed in Afghanistan, Justin can't believe that his brother is really gone. Except there's one thing that Kyle left behind... Max is a highly trained military canine who has always protected his fellow soldiers. But when he loses his handler and best friend, Kyle, Max is traumatized and unable to remain in the service....
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