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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
The cry of the crow The cry of the crow Jean Craighead George While caring for a baby crow, Mandy begins to look at her family and herself in a different light. OL111891W
Trill the fox cub Trill the fox cub Burton, Jane. Depicts the early life of three fox cubs who are abandoned by their mother and cared for in a special animal hospital until they are ready to return to the wild. OL118214W
Franny Parker Franny Parker Hannah Roberts McKinnon Through a hot, dry Oklahoma summer, twelve-year-old Franny tends wild animals brought by her neighbors, hears gossip during a weekly quilting bee, befriends a new neighbor who has some big secrets, a… OL12793899W
Flyaway Flyaway Suzie Gilbert In this captivating memoir, Suzie Gilbert tells the rollicking story of how she turned her family life upside down to pursue her unusual passion for rehabilitating wild birds. Through adolescence and… OL14973856W
Arrowhawk Arrowhawk Lola M. Schaefer Based on the true story of a bird of prey's survival after being struck by a poacher's arrow. OL15277666W
Badger in the basement Badger in the basement Lucy Daniels While working in her parents' veterinary hospital, Mandy rescues a badger cub and finds evidence of animal mistreatment by residents in her community. OL15846638W
Animal rescue Animal rescue Susan E. Goodman Describes the work of John Walsh as he travels the world helping to save animals in Kuwait during the war with Iraq, the Kobe earthqake, and floods in Surinam. OL15852793W
Flyaway Flyaway Helen Landalf Seattle fifteen-year-old Stevie Calhoun does not realize how bad her life is until her mother leaves and Stevie must move in with annoyingly perfect Aunt Mindy for a summer, filling her days with bei… OL15941398W
Rat island Rat island William Stolzenburg "Rat Island rises from the icy gray waters of the Bering Sea, a mass of volcanic rock covered with tundra, midway between Alaska and Siberia. Once a remote sanctuary for enormous flocks of seabirds, … OL16182789W
Nora's duck Nora's duck Satomi Ichikawa Nora finds a duckling in the woods and takes it to Doctor John, who provides love and care for many wild and domestic animals who have come to grief. OL16515574W
Tiger wars Tiger wars Stephen Backshall Saker is on the run from the only life he knows. From India to the Himalayas and China he'll be pursued by hunting dogs, mercenaries, spies, thieves and assassins in his quest to set free the most ma… OL17069297W
Who is Mackie Spence? Who is Mackie Spence? Lin Kaymer "Jeremy's friend, Mackie Spence, seems different. She doesn't act like the same person he's grown up with all his life. And Jeremy would know. In the last year, he's paid close attention, as that fun… OL17882216W
Cutest animals collection Cutest animals collection Laura F. Marsh Presents information about polar bears, monkeys, and penguins, including details regarding their behavior, diets, families, and environments, and also chronicles stories of wild animal babies being r… OL17941775W
The storm seal The storm seal Judy Waite When old Peter rescues a seal pup following a storm, he must decide whether to keep it or to set it free and he must explain his action to the children who have come to love it. OL19237724W
Wishing Pearl (The Rescue Princesses) Wishing Pearl (The Rescue Princesses) Paula Harrison When Clarabel finds an injured dolphin during Ampali Island's Royal Regatta, she and her fellow Rescue Princesses vow to save the dolphin with Clarabel's special gift. While visiting tropical Ampa… OL19360278W
Threatened Threatened Eliot Schrefer Luc is an orphan, living in debt slavery in Gabon, until he meets a Professor who claims to be studying chimpanzees, and they head off into the jungle--but when the Professor disappears, Luc has to f… OL19707758W
The boy and the whale The boy and the whale Mordicai Gerstein Abelardo defies his father's instructions and sets out to free a whale caught in their tangled fishing net. OL19721473W
Tiger boy Tiger boy Mitali Perkins A tiger cub has escaped from a reserve in the Sunderbans in West Bengal, India, and Neel, a poor boy from the islands, is determined to find her in order to save her from being captured and sold on t… OL19999010W
Hope for animals and their world Hope for animals and their world Jane Goodall At a time when we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, renowned scientist Jane Goodall brings us inspiring news about the future of the animal kingdom. With the insati… OL21179463W
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