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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
2) The ravaged
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"Three different personal quests with eerily parallel outcomes. Jack spent his life amassing wealth, but after losing his family, he has no one to share it with. Alone with his demons and a backpack, he heads to South America. After thrashing his dog-abusing boss, Hunter learns of his father's death in a mysterious fire. Biker buddies Nugget and Itch ride with him from North Carolina to California. Seventeen-year-old Anne flees Tennessee after her...
3) Shiloh
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Shiloh quartet volume 1
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There's nothing eleven-year-old Marty Preston enjoys more than spending time up in the hills behind his home near Friendly, West Virginia. But this time is different. This time Marty sees a young beagle on the road past the old Shiloh school-house. Marty feels sure the dog is being abused by his owner. When the dog runs away to Marty's house, his parents say he must bring him back. But it hurts Marty to return the runaway dog to his cruel master....
4) Fox's garden
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Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 x 27 cm.
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"One snowy night, a fox loses its way, entering a village. Chased away by the grown ups, Fox takes shelter in a greenhouse. A little boy sees this from his window. Without hesitating, he brings a basket of food to the greenhouse, where he leaves it for the fox. His gift is noticed and the night becomes a garden of new life, nourished by compassion and kindness. Princesse Camcam's cut-paper illustrations, along with the beautiful lighting of the sets...
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Princess in Black volume 9
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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"The Princess in Black and her friends are enjoying a day of sun and sea on Princess Sneezewort?s royal boat when a real, live mermaid princess emerges from the waves! Eeeeeee! Princess Posy needs their help protecting her very cute sea goats from being eaten by a very greedy kraken. But the princesses and the Goat Avenger quickly realize that fighting underwater can be tough for land dwellers, and only the mermaid Princess Posy can save the day....
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 24 cm
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When Pickles the pig becomes very ill and needs a blood transfusion, his human parents find a huge sow that can help, and that also needs a forever home. Includes additional facts about the real Pickles and Tickles.
8) Black Beauty
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When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky-his first home is a good one where his owners are kind people, who would never be cruel to a horse.
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In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons took their beloved terminally ill cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to be put to sleep. What began as a terrible day got brighter as the ugliest dog they had ever seen--missing an ear, and with half his face in scar tissue--captured their hearts. Used as bait for fighting dogs at four months old, Oogy had been left to die. Unable to resist his charms, the Levins--whose sons were adopted--took...
12) Fox 8: a story
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
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48 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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Idealistic Fox 8's ability to communicate in "Yuman" cannot save his pack when their den and food supply are destroyed to build a mall, so he writes a letter asking for an explanation of human's cruelty.
17) Condor comeback
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The National Book Award Honor-winning author of "How to Be a Good Creature" documents the story of California's wild condors and how diligent scientists, volunteers and citizens have worked to save the species from extinction.
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