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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"The Elephant of Belfast chronicles a seven-month period of time when the Germans unexpectedly bombed Belfast, Northern Ireland, also known as the Belfast Blitz. Through the lens of the Bellevue Zoo and one of its zookeepers, twenty-year-old Hettie Quin, the novel animates how the war irrevocably impacted-and shaped the lives of Belfast's citizens in broad and intimate ways. In October 1940, Hettie meets Violet, a three-year-old Asian elephant arriving...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into the empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed...
Author
Series
Dinosaur sanctuary volume 3
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Suma Suzume, the newest keeper at struggling Enoshima Dinoland, has reached the end of her three-month orientation period. It's time for a new challenge: working alongside each of the department heads to find her permanent place on the staff! First on the list is Igarashi Keisuke, and Suzume will learn what makes him tick as they care for the park's pachycephalosaurs and stegosaurs"--
"THE NEWBIE LOOKS FOR HER DINO HOME. Suma Suzume, the newest...
Author
Series
Dinosaur sanctuary volume 2
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
'When dinosaurs were found to have survived to modern times, people were enthralled--until a catastrophic incident drove dino-mania to extinction. When Kaidou, who was there to witness it, opens up about what happened, the rookie keeper Suma Suzume learns more about the disaster and her coworker than she ever expected. But that's far from the only thing on her mind. Whether it's raising a baby Troodon or throwing a birthday party for a geriatric T....
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
It's been three years since Hannah, the elephant, departed the Max L. Biedelman Zoo in Bladenham, Washington, and much has changed, including the appointment of new executive director, Truman Levy, and the arrival of a failing killer whale named Friday. With the help of marine mammal rehabilitator Gabriel Jump and a team of dedicated though inexperienced keepers, Friday begins to recover. But not everyone believes he should be in captivity. A debate...
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