Jean Craighead George
Author
Series
Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
Author
Series
I can read! volume 2
Publisher
Laura Geringer Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy becomes the "mother" to a goose, who becomes "mother" to a duck, as they learn about the rhythms of nature together.
4) Snow Bear
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bessie and a polar bear cub named Snow Bear play on the ice, while her older brother and the mother bear watch to make sure that everyone is safe.
Author
Publisher
Laura Geringer Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tigluk and his grandmother paddle out into the Arctic Ocean where they find a young polar bear whose mother has died because of the changes brought about by the warming climate, and they bring the cub back to their town so they can teach it how to survive in a changing world.
6) Cliff hanger
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Despite the dangers of a thunderstorm, Axel and his father make a difficult climb to rescue Axel's stranded dog.
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While Axel, his father, Dag, and his dog, Grits, are testing the snow in the Teton Mountains' Glory Bowl, Axel's snowboarding rival, Kelly, starts showing off and triggers an avalanche.
10) Luck
Author
Series
Publisher
Laura Geringer Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young sandhill crane, Luck, finds his place in the ancient crane migration from northern Canada to the Platte River.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Thrown into a river by a cruel human, a young tiger-striped cat fights to survive amid feral cats and other creatures near Roxville train station, aided by Mike, an eleven-year-old foster boy who is not allowed to have a pet.
16) Giraffe trouble
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A young giraffe living on the African plains learns how to be wise as well as fearless when a lion attacks.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After building his own canoe, fourteen-year-old Jack Hawkins goes to try it out in his beloved Okefenokee Swamp, where an accident tests his survival skills and leads him to a shocking discovery.
19) Julie
Author
Series
Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
For over a century, wolves were persecuted in the United States and nearly became extinct. Gradually reintroduced, they are thriving again in the West, much to the benefit of the ecosystem.