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Dog's purpose (Juvenile) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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Bailey's Story is a heart-warming novel adapted for young eaders from the beloved New York Times bestselling A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron. When Bailey meets eight-year-old Ethan, he quickly figures out his purpose: to play with the boy, to explore the farm during summers with the boy and to tidy the boy's dishes by licking them clean (only when Mom isn't watching). But Bailey soon learns that life isn't always so simple - that sometimes bad...
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Pub. Date
2010.
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After the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, Susannah Charleson was so impressed by the newspaper photo of an exhausted handler and his search-and-rescue dog that she decided to train a dog of her own. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Charleson got Puzzle, a strong, bright Golden Retriever, who from the start, exhibited a unique aptitude for search-and-rescue work. But the puppy's willfulness challenged even Susannah, who had raised...
4) The keepers
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"Jeffrey B. Burton's The Keepers is the next installment of the Mace Reid K9 series, featuring golden retriever cadaver dog Vira and her handler, Mason Reid. Mason "Mace" Reid lives on the outskirts of Chicago and specializes in human remains detection-that is, he trains dogs to hunt for dead bodies. He calls his pack of cadaver dogs The Finders, and his prize pupil is a golden retriever named Vira. When Mace Reid and Vira are called in to search...
5) Devoted
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Series
(Dean Ray),Jane Hawk volume 6
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"Woody Bookman hasn't spoken a word in his eleven years of life. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Not when his mother, Megan, tells him she loves him. For Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters. But Woody believes a monstrous evil was behind his father's death and now threatens him and his mother. And he's not alone in his thoughts. An ally unknown to him is listening. A uniquely gifted dog with a heart as golden as his...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 12
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She arrived with her name, Trixie. I joked sometimes that it sounded more like a stripper than a dog. But if it sounded more like a stripper than a dog, it sounded more like an elf or a fairy than a stripper. Elves and fairies are magical beings , and so was she. A heartwarming memoir of a very special dog.
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Series
Ranger in time volume 5
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever, has landed in Viking age Iceland, where he meets a girl named Helga, who seems perfectly able to take care of herself--until an erupting volcano and an early arriving baby forces Ranger and Helga to journey through the ash and smoke to find her father and bring him home.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
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Amy Redwing has dedicated her life to the southern California organization she founded to rescue abandoned and endangered golden retrievers. No one is surprised when Amy risks her life to save Nickie, nor when she takes the female golden into her home. The bond between Amy and Nickie is immediate and uncanny. Even her two other goldens, Fred and Ethel, recognize Nickie as special, a natural alpha. But the instant joy Nickie brings is shadowed by a...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Seb is enjoying turkey hunting in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. But he really wants to explore some of the local caves. When a storm forces him, Carlos, and Rocky into one, they see bats, stalactites, and stalagmites. But they become disoriented when they drop their flashlight and have to use all their skills to find a way out.
10) Air Buddies
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The five Air-Buddies set off to rescue their kidnapped parents.
11) Goldie
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. They want a puppy of their own more than just about anything. They know dogs are a lot of work. But their Mom still doesn't think their family is ready for a puppy. Then, Goldie arrives. She is a sweet golden retriever who needs a home. Goldie is very young. She doesn't know how to be a good puppy yet. Will Charles and Lizzie be able to help her?
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
While hunting moose in Alaska, Sami and her stepmother Kathleen become lost in the woods. They try to retrace their steps but can't find the trail. When a moose walks into their path they freeze, because moose are dangerous. Suddenly Rocky bursts out of the trees, frightens the moose away, and leads Sami and Kathleen back toward the blind.
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Pine Hollow (Lizzie Shane) volume 5
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Kendall Walsh has exactly one second to save a fancy, five-tiered wedding cake and any possibility of being a wedding planner--not to mention her family's struggling ski resort. All because of one very cute, very furry, golden menace of a retriever who has a serious thing for butter chiffon icing. Which is exactly when Olympic skier Brody James shows up and saves the day . . . and the cake. Brody makes Kendall feel about a million indecipherable...
15) Best in snow
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"In this Christmas mystery, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are on the beat after a body turns up in the snow and a journalist is the prime suspect. Christmas has come early to the town of Paterson, New Jersey, in the form of a snowstorm that dumps two feet of snow on the ground. Lawyer Andy Carpenter likes snow--white Christmas and all that--but it can cause problems for the walks he takes his dogs on every day. When Andy's...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers!
Golden retrievers are one of the most popular dog breeds in America. Readers will learn all about them, from why they are so beloved to how to care for them, in this fun book.
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"Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his humorous investigating team return in Santa's Little Yelpers, the next Yuletide mystery in David Rosenfelt's bestselling series. 'Tis the season in Paterson, New Jersey: Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are surrounded by holiday cheer. It's even spread to the Tara Foundation. The dog rescue organization, not used to having puppies, has their hands full with a recent litter. Eight puppies are a lot...
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Series
Ranger in time volume 2
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Ranger is a golden retriever who has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog. In this adventure, he travels to the Colosseum in ancient Rome, where there are gladiator fights and wild animal hunts! Ranger befriends Marcus, a young boy Ranger saves from a runaway lion, and Quintus, a new gladiator who must prove himself in the arena. Can Ranger help Marcus and Quintus escape the brutal world of the Colosseum?
20) Ginger
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Ginger the golden retriever narrates the story of her life, from her birth in a puppy mill through the various people who have "owned" her.