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Series
Language
English
Description
Civil war re-enactors have set up camp on the grounds of Marshfield Manor. The group is very believable, especially when the unrest spills out of the barracks and inside the sumptuous mansion. Grace manages to settle a minor squabble, but loses the war when actor Zachary Kincade is found stabbed to death. Jack Embers, the groundskeeper, falls under suspicion when he{u2019}s linked to the death of Zachary{u2019}s brother years ago. But there were others...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After losing her mother, shy Natumi is rescued by a team from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an orphanage for baby elephants. At the shelter, Natumi hides behind keepers' legs to watch the other elephants at the shelter. But soon, she meets several other orphans, and the eight of them play together in the surrounding bush. As the babies become closer and more like a real family, they need a leader, someone they can trust. Can Natumi grow into...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In parallel stories, Bone, an orphaned dog, finds and loses a series of homes, Molly, a family pet, helps Charlie through the grief and other after-effects of his brother's death, and lonely Henry pleads for a dog of his own.
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Meet Tunya and his siblings-a litter of lively lion cubs orphaned in Zambia shortly after their birth. Without parents or an established pride to guide them, the cubs bounce into the Lion School run by a conservation organization near Victoria Falls. Watch them tumble, play and, with a little help from their human friends, learn how to meet their wildlife neighbors, avoid dangers, be brave, and hunt for the first time. One cub--Tunya--stands out as...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sam and her father scrape by caring for rescued elephants until an offer comes through that may not only save the sanctuary, it may also restore an extinct species. Includes facts about woolly mammoths and cloning.
Publisher
Disneynature
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Oscar, a baby chimpanzee, is enjoying his life with his mother in the jungles along the Ivory Coast. Without warning, young Oscar is orphaned during an attack from a rival group of chimpanzees. Afterwords, he attempts to survive on his own, and to be accepted by the other chimps. Oscar struggles until he is adopted by the alpha male of his group.
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