When thirteen-year-old Jamie Francis's parents divorced, she and her mother moved from Halifax to the small town of River Bend, Nova Scotia. Jamie doesn't have any friends and isn't sure how she'll ever make any, when she comes across a...
Human-animal relationships
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Author:Gorham, VivienSummary: -
Author:Hingson, MichaelSummary:Discover how blindness and a bond between dog and man saved lives and brought hope during one of America's darkest days.
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Author:Paulsen, GarySummary:The Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet and Dogsong shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure. Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who...
- Author:Brockenbrough, MarthaSummary:
When so much of the world is new, you want to go slowly, to stop and enjoy everything; hills to roll down, perfect-sized rocks, trees that seem to whisper their thoughts. It's the same when you're much, much older, and every time 'round...
- Author:Weisman, AlanSummary:
Most books about the environment build on dire threats warning of the possible extinction of humanity. Alan Weisman avoids frightening off readers by disarmingly wiping out our species in the first few pages of this remarkable book. He...
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Author:Brand, MaxSummary:After finding a wolf with a price on its head caught in his traps, Dave Reagan rescues the animal with the hopes of earning some much-needed respect. But his cousins attempt to collect on the bounty, so Dave and the wolf escape into the...
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Author:Dutcher, Jamie, Manfull, James, Dutcher, JimSummary:For six years Jim and Jamie Dutcher lived intimately with a pack of wolves, gaining their trust as no one has before. In this book, the Dutchers reflect on the virtues they observed in wolf society and behavior. Their heartfelt stories...
- Author:Johnson, VarianSummary:
Continues the adventures of Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan and their spirit animals as they continue their efforts to protect Erdas from dark forces.
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Author:Citra, BeckySummary:Tory has been bumped from foster home to foster home for most of her nine years. Living with yet another new family, this time on a horse ranch for the summer, she falls in love with Lucky, the friendly pony she is allowed to ride. A...
- Author:Nunez, SigridSummary:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VOGUE AND KIRKUS REVIEWS The New York Times bestselling, National Book Award winning author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through brings her...
- Author:Lipstein, AndrewSummary:
Herschel Caine is a soon-to-be master of the universe. His hedge fund, built on the miracle of machine learning, is inches away from systematically extracting obscene profits from the market. His SoHo offices (shoes optional, therapy...
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Author:Greene, Melissa FaySummary:Felled by a neuromuscular disease, Karen Shirk was encouraged to raise her own service dog. A thousand dogs later, her service dog academy is restoring broken children to life. Melissa Fay Greene weaves the latest discoveries about our...
- Author:Johnson, MichaelSummary:
A sequel to the highly popular Healing Shine: A Spiritual Assignment, The Trials of Joe Ben Black: Confessions of a Rope Horse was intended to be a collection of best practices to start a young roping horse. However, the subject matter...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
1912. The peace of the Lake District is interrupted by the noisy test flights of a new flying machine: the hydroplane--and Beatrix's friend Grace is receiving anonymous letters that threaten her good name and her plans to marry.
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
The serenity of Hill Top Farm is shattered when a local shephard is murdered. Beatrix Potter--when she's not busy making friends with her fellow villagers--lends her insights to the investigation.
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
It is now 1907, and in her Lake Country village, Beatrix Potter is about to encounter both woodland magic and an intriguing mystery. As she helps some village children look for fairy folk, she stumbles upon evidence that a flame-haired...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
Albert re-imagines Beatrix Potter wearing her sleuthing cap as the village of Sawrey lies buried beneath a blanket of Christmas snow. While she and her animal friends investigate a puzzling death, Miss Potter wonders if she can...
- Author:McMillan, BrandonSummary:
Brandon McMillan gives pet parents tools to bond with their dog in remarkable ways. The key is figuring out what your dog wants by recognizing biological instincts, and then finding a healthy outlet for them.
- Author:Johnson, MichaelSummary:
First there was Healing Shine: A Spiritual Assignment. Then, The Trials of Joe Ben Black. And now the life of the grandson of the great Otoe.... The Story of Blue: A Rope Horse. From the pen of Texas writer Michael Johnson, comes the...
- Author:Crewe, LesleySummary:
Born into a basket of clean sheets - ruining a perfectly good load of laundry - Emmeline never quite fit in on her family's rural Nova Scotian farm. After suffering multiple losses in the First World War, her family became so heavy with...
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