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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"Chaser has a way with words. She knows over a thousand of them--more than any other animal of any species except humans. In addition to common nouns like house, ball, and tree, she has memorized the names of more than one thousand toys and can retrieve any of them on command. Based on that learning, she and her owner and trainer, retired psychologist John Pilley, have moved on to further impressive feats, demonstrating her ability to understand sentences...
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Mist and his friends are ready for the new lambing season and the adventures each season brings. This season the dogs need to deal with Eddie, a new member of the group, an orphaned lamb, a homeless ram, a clumsy duck, a brood of ducklings, and a lost eagle. Combines fiction and reality.
7) Jet
Author
Series
Rescue dogs volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Action and adventure with high stakes and a happy ending -- and dogs! Jet is a border collie puppy tired of feeling hungry and lonely. He's tired of the collar that yanks at his neck and the leash that makes things worse. When his owners move away and leave him tied up in the backyard, it seems like Jet is running out of time. When Jet is saved by a home inspector, he's taken to the Sterling Center, where he shows all the classic signs of a great...
8) Sheep
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After a fire destroys the farm where he was born, a young border collie acquires a series of owners and learns about life as he seeks a home and longs to fulfill his life's purpose of shepherding sheep.
9) A dog year
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Jon Katz is a writer at a mid-life crossroads who decides to adopt and train a high-strung border collie named Devon, only to discover it's he himself who has the real lessons to learn. Based on a true story.
10) Road trip
Author
Series
Road trip volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dad and Ben haven't been getting along recently and Dad hopes a road trip to rescue a border collie will help them reconnect. But Ben is on to Dad's plan and invites Ben's thuggish buddy, Theo. The family dog, Atticus, comes along too and the story is told by Ben and Atticus. When their truck breaks down, they commandeer an old school bus, along with its mechanic, Gus. Next, they pick up Mia, a waitress escaping a tense situation. Only sharp-eyed...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After being marooned on an island near New Zealand, Jack, an orphaned cabin boy from San Francisco, becomes allied with a group of dogs who protect the local sheep from wild dogs.
Author
Series
Mountaingirl mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Mountaingirl Mysteries
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Rachel Winters looked into the man's lifeless eyes, little did she know that her dog's discovery would change their lives forever. On the run from a killer, Rachel, Bella, and private Investigator Luke Reed must unravel a deep-rooted environmental conspiracy stretching from California to Colorado. The chase is on.
13) Field trip
Author
Series
Road trip volume 2
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Ben and his twin classmates, Charlotte and Jacob, are missing a school field trip so Ben's father takes them, his new apprentice Brig, and the dogs on an adventure. Ben manages to try out for a hockey academy against his parents' wishes and the twins turn the road trip into a learning experience.
14) Wolf
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jack has found a home and a purpose on a farm, keeping a flock of sheep safe from coyotes and training pups to do the same, but now he and his boy, Luke, must face a rabid wolf that threatens them all.
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