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Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventu...
"When Honey's family decides to get away from the world to avoid a spreading illness, they drive off in their converted ice cream truck, stumbling upon the valley of horses. Once there, Honey's family can't find the bridge they used to enter, trapping them in the tranquil valley....
Nim is the precocious daughter of scientist father Jack. Nim, a bit older now, still has a gift to be "one with nature" and her amazing animal friends. But now that developers and poachers threaten her island, she and her dad must fight to preserve their pristine home and its abu...
Sam chooses a guinea pig named Henry to be her pet, envisions a dog named Nelly visiting and helping her younger brother Liam feel comfortable in his kindergarten class, and encourages Liam to also get a guinea pig as a pet.
After Alex leaves the island, and Selkie the sea lion is kidnapped, Nim accidentally stows away on the cruise ship that took Selkie, in the hopes of rescuing her and bringing Alex back.
Nim loves her island home and the animals she shares it with even while her scientist father is away doing research, but trouble is on the way and a new e-mail friend could be the only one who can help.
A nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent. While there she turns the convent choir into a "soulful chorus of swingin' sisters." The sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity.
Mona at the Rainbow Street Shelter finds the perfect home--and job--for an energetic beagle puppy who loves to sniff.
After his pet rabbit dies, Josh feels sad and does not want to own another pet until an elderly neighbor's cat goes missing.
An illustrated anthology of stories about dogs and their relationships with humans, for readers of varying levels.
"When Honey's family decides to get away from the world to avoid a spreading illness, they drive off in their converted ice cream truck, stumbling upon the valley of horses. Once there, Honey's family can't find the bridge they used to enter, trapping them in the tranquil valley....
When Mona McNeil returns to visit her grandparents' farm as an adult, she recalls the summer she spent there raising Kiki, a lion cub she got as an eighth birthday gift from her uncle Matthew--an experience the led her to open Rainbow Street Animal Shelter.
Wendy Orr has created a fabulous story about a girl, the first-born daughter of a priestess, who is abandoned at birth and lives amongst the slaves. At age twelve she learns her name, Aissa, and joins the acrobatic bull dancers who are sent away to compete on the island of the Bu...
Following an automobile accident in which her neck is broken, a teenage karate champion begins a long and painful recovery with the help of her family.