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Unicorn Rescue Society volume 5
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Description
"A legendary sea serpent is missing. Can the Unicorn Rescue Society find it ... and end Cuba's terrible drought?" "--Page 4 of cover
2) The reavers
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Formats
Description
Rescued from highway robbery by the dashing Bonny Gilderoy, feisty Lady Godiva Dacre and her pretty companion, Mistress Kylie Delishe, are reunited with the charming but disreputable rescuer as they deal with a coup threatening the Scottish throne.
Author
Series
Unicorn Rescue Society volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
167, 10 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
After encountering a Jersey Devil while on a field trip to the Pine Barrens, Elliot and his new friend Uchenna help their weird teacher Professor Fauna rescue the mythological creature from a pair of greedy billionaire brothers.
4) Naamah
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Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Revisits the story of the Ark that rescued life on earth, and rediscovers the agonizing burdens endured by the woman at the heart of the story. Naamah is a parable for our time: a fable of body, spirit, and resilience"--
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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
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
228 pages ; 22 cm
Description
The author has devoted her life to shattering the stereotype that pit bulls are dangerous, vicious predators. Here, she shares the harrowing but inspiring stories of nine incredible dogs that shaped her life. She captures the spirit and heart of these intelligent and loving canines, while carrying us behind the scenes of her TV show Pit Bulls & Parolees; into the heart of post-Katrina New Orleans; onto the soundstages of Hollywood films, and even...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who is hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown, and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that is spreading in 1900 San Francisco.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Daniel and Ash cross paths when a pomeranian is about to be euthanized; the sensitive Dan rescues the dog and Ash offers to help on a day when they are female-presenting. As the friendship grows, Ash feels less and less able to be their full self -- sometimes male and sometimes female -- in front of Dan without knowing that both people find themselves constantly at war with their non-conforming identities.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
255 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In 1938, eleven-year-old Esther joins her father in tropical, multicultural Cuba, where they toil together to rescue the rest of their Jewish family from persecution in Poland. Includes notes about the author's grandmother, on whom the story is based.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Becky's father Graham and her best friend's husband, Tarquin, have disappeared from Los Angeles saying simply they have "something to take care of." But Tarquin's wife Suze who is Becky's best friend, and Becky's mother Jane, are convinced the two men are hiding something and are in danger--their imaginations run wild. They must track them down! Hijinks ensue as husband Luke drives Becky, daughter Minnie, Jane, Suze and other favorite Kinsella characters...
12) Afterward
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Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When eleven-year-old Dylan Anderson is kidnapped, his subsequent rescue leads to the discovery of Ethan Jorgensen, who had disappeared four years earlier, and now Dylan's sister Caroline befriends Ethan and wants to learn the truth about her autistic brother's captivity.
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Series
Problim children volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
The Problim siblings must solve a puzzle, find a treasure, and rescue their little brother, Toot, from the villainous Cheesebreath.
14) The waning age
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Determined to rescue her brother from the world's biggest company after they kidnapped him, Natalia finds her mission complicated by a serial predator, a boy who needs help, and the bounty on her head.
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Description
East Dragon and West Dragon are suspicious of one another although they have never met, but when the western king is captured in the Eastern Kingdom and West Dragon goes to rescue him, they find they have much in common.
16) Lost
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Series
Shipwreck Island volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
137 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Sarah Robinson and her family are shipwrecked on a remote and mysterious island. Their food is running out, and their fear is escalating as there is no sign of rescue. The mysterious girl they found unconscious at the beach is healing, and what she tells them about the strange island and especially about someone called the Keeper has the family on edge. When Sarah's dad and Marco's younger brother go missing, the mystery becomes dangerous. Now, it's...
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Series
Mistress trilogy (Mary Balogh) volume 3
Description
When Edward Ailsbury, Earl of Heyward, rescues Lady Angeline Dudley from a scoundrel's advances, she believe that she has found her true love. Edward hopes for a wife who shares his values of loyalty and decorum, but he is derailed by Angeline, who seems devoted to sending his predictable life into chaos.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
317 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
While on an official mission to rescue his captain, fifteen-year-old Ronan Boyle, detective in the Garda Special Unit that polices the wee folk, also pursues a personal vendetta to capture the Bog Man and prove his parents' innocence.
19) Poppy and Ereth
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Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
After a long, hard winter in Dimwood forest, Poppy the deer mouse finds new adventure thrust upon her while rescuing Ereth the porcupine from the mud.
20) Red moon rising
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
The Wild Pack is in high spirits after rescuing Alpha and Beta's pups. Only Storm believes that danger still walks among them and it won't be long before the traitor dog strikes again. She must convince her Packmates to stand together against the most malicious and elusive enemy they have ever known ... before terror and doubt tear them apart.
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