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Julie and the Eagles Julie and the Eagles Megan McDonald Julie and her best friend, Ivy, find a baby owl in Golden Gate Park--and it needs help. At a wildlife rescue center, Julie meets Shasta and Sierra, two bald eagles that will be caged for life, unless… OL104346W
Frightful's Mountain Frightful's Mountain Jean Craighead George As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer… OL111827W
Flying blind Flying blind Anna Myers Ben Riley and Murphy, the pet macaw, know the killing of egrets for their feathers must be stopped, but the lines between right and wrong become blurred when Ben meets two orphans who rely on feather… OL14854135W
Hunter and his dog Hunter and his dog Brian Wildsmith Though trained to retrieve birds for his master, a dog finds that he is too kind-hearted for such work. OL15837122W
In search of a sandhill crane In search of a sandhill crane Keith Robertson Link Keller was sure his summer in the Michigan wilderness was going to be the loneliest, dullest time of his life. he couldn’t wait to get back to New Jersey, back to baseball and TV and the comfort… OL15855660W
Safari survival Safari survival Jan Burchett Twins Ben and Zoe are sent to Kenya to expose and stop the hunters who are killing elephants in the nature reserve for sport. OL16474806W
Faraway Fox Faraway Fox Jolene Thompson As Fox wanders through a strange landscape, he cannot help but be reminded—at every corner—of the streams, the trees, and the family he once knew. Fox would like nothing more than to return to his ho… OL17364267W
The silent spillbills The silent spillbills Tor Seidler Thirteen-year-old bird-lover Katerina, plagued by stuttering and lack of self-confidence, stands up to her cantankerous grandfather, head of Farnsworth Aeronautics, to save the unique Connecticut wet… OL1932861W
Loveykins Loveykins Quentin Blake A woman rescues a baby bird blown from his nest in a storm and proceeds to care for him with gourmet food, cozy blankets, and walks in a stroller, but eventually her "loveykins" is ready to try his w… OL1971896W
After a while crocodile After a while crocodile Brady Barr Alexa and the other children at her rural school in Costa Rica have a special project: they are raising American Crocodiles and returning them to the wild. End notes discuss the physical characterist… OL20041581W
Deathbird of paradise Deathbird of paradise Ernest Herndon On assignment for Wildlife Special Investigations, Eric Sterling and his partners Erik and Sharon go to New Guinea to stop a native poacher who is threatening endangered species. OL2151507W
The secret of Lizard Island The secret of Lizard Island Ernest Herndon When a computer error causes the CIA to select twelve-year-old Eric as an agent for their new wildlife conservation branch, he finds himself spying on renegade scientists who are tampering with the m… OL2151514W
Cooper & Packrat Cooper & Packrat Tamra Wight When Cooper and Packrat find their geocache box full of illegal eagle parts, their lazy summer is over. Someone wants those valuable parts back. And if they can't get the parts back, they'll settle f… OL26446538W
The interrupted education of Huey B The interrupted education of Huey B Nancy J. Hopper Huey, in danger of failing senior English because he is monitoring the herons at a reservoir instead of attending class, further complicates his life by simultaneously dating two girls. OL2698760W
The exchange student The exchange student Kate Gilmore When her mother arranges to host one of the young people coming to Earth from Chela, Daria is both pleased and intrigued by the keen interest shown by the Chelan in her work breeding endangered speci… OL2744636W
Venus Peter saves the whale Venus Peter saves the whale Christopher Rush When an ancient green whale is washed up on the beach near his house, six-year-old Peter helps rescue him by getting his grandfather's boat to pull him back into the water. OL3057828W
So sings the blue deer So sings the blue deer Charmayne McGee Thirteen-year-old Moon Feather is chosen to join a dangerous pilgrimage to Mexico City to pick up live white-tailed deer, to be used to reestablish the natural population on Huichol land in the mount… OL3934635W
Special delivery! Special delivery! Sue Stauffacher Ten-year-old Keisha and her family's animal rescue center face more challenges involving a baby crow in a mailbox and a skunk found in the nearby community garden. OL4290269W
Going to the sun Going to the sun Jean Craighead George A secretly married couple spends the summer tracking a herd of Rocky Mountain goats which they conclude must not be hunted, even by the boy's determined father. OL446462W
The Bollo Caper The Bollo Caper Art Buchwald Bollo, a leopard brought to New York to be made into a fur coat, manages to escape to Washington to try to get Congress to declare him an endangered species. OL892185W
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