Wendy Orr
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Deep in the bush, where the trees grow tall, Finn discovers an old deserted shack. Inside is shivery cold, with green fungus on the walls. When a dog growls and a gravelly voice snarls, Finn's hair stands up like bristles on a brush. An old man and his dog are glowing in the darkness. Jack Henry lived in the shack 100 years ago and was friends with all the wild creatures. When Finn is with the old ghost, he can feel what the birds are singing and...
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Rainbow Street Shelter volume 1
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When Logan's dog runs away as he and his mother are moving to a new home after his parents separate, a girl named Hannah, who longs for a dog of her own, finds him.
3) Nim's island
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Nim series volume 1
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English
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Nim loves her island home and the animals she shares it with even while her scientist father is away doing research, but trouble is on the way and a new e-mail friend could be the only one who can help.
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Rainbow Street Shelter volume 2
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After his pet rabbit dies, Josh feels sad and does not want to own another pet until an elderly neighbor's cat goes missing.
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Rainbow Street Shelter volume 3
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Sam wants a pet for her birthday, but her mom and dad have already said that their apartment is too small for a cat or a dog. A trip to Rainbow Street Shelter to look at the smaller animals can't hurt, though!At the shelter, Sam finds the perfect pet for her, a fluffy black guinea pig named Henry. But she can't help noticing how happy her little brother is when he's reading to Nelly, the Rainbow Street dog. Why can't he read like that when he's in...
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Rainbow Street Shelter volume 5
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English
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Finding a horse in the park, Amy takes it to the Rainbow Street Shelter and secretly hopes the owner never turns up.
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Rainbow Street Shelter volume 6
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Mona at the Rainbow Street Shelter finds the perfect home--and job--for an energetic beagle puppy who loves to sniff.
8) Mokie & Bik
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For two rambunctious twins, living on a boat means always being underfoot or overboard.
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Leira is starting her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home in pieces. And the goddess hasn't finished with the island yet. With her family, Leira flees across the sea to Crete, expecting sanctuary. But a volcanic eruption and tsunami throw the entire world into darkness. In the resulting chaos, Leira finds her noble-born privilege reduced to nothing; alone with her injured mother and...
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Rainbow Street Shelter volume 4
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English
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When Mona McNeil returns to visit her grandparents' farm as an adult, she recalls the summer she spent there raising Kiki, a lion cub she got as an eighth birthday gift from her uncle Matthew--an experience that led her to open Rainbow Street Animal Shelter.
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Nim series volume 3
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English
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In her third gripping adventure, Nim unearths an amazing opalized fossil, but this discovery puts her island in terrible danger. Nim lives on an island with her father, Jack, a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie, and their friend Alex Rover, the adventure writer. Nim's island is the most beautiful place in the world, and she wouldn't live anywhere else. When Jack invites a group of scientists to visit, they bring their children as...
12) Raven's mountain
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A story of a girl who goes beyond her limits to save her family and on the way, discovers a mysterious bond with a family of bears and a raven.
13) Nim at sea
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Nim series volume 2
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English
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After Alex leaves the island, and Selkie the sea lion is kidnapped, Nim accidentally stows away on the cruise ship that took Selkie, in the hopes of rescuing her and bringing Alex back.
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"When Honey's family decides to get away from the world to avoid a spreading illness, they drive off in their converted ice cream truck, stumbling upon the valley of horses. Once there, Honey's family can't find the bridge they used to enter, trapping them in the tranquil valley. Seven years pass, and Honey's family has been perfectly self-sufficient, until her father falls ill. To save her father, Honey must find a way to escape the valley of horses."--...
15) Cuckoo's flight
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"In Bronze-Age Crete, before horses were common on the island, potter's-daughter Clio continues to raise and train them even though an accident has left her unable to ride. After a series of difficult years in the community, the threat of raiders prompts the town's ruling Lady to demand the sacrifice of a maiden between ages twelve and fourteen, who will be selected at the spring equinox. Certain that she will be named the sacrifice, Clio struggles...
16) Dragonfly song
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"Nobody but the old wise-woman knows what truly happened to Aissa, the firstborn daughter of the priestess. If they saw the half-moon scars on the servant girl's wrists they would find it out, but who would look twice at lowly, mute No-Name? Only the Lady's cats, and the fireflies summoned by her silent song. Then the soldiers of Crete come, demanding children as tribute for their god-king's bull dances, and Aissa is determined to take destiny into...
17) Nim's Island
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"Nim Rusoe lives on a deserted island with her scientist father Jack and her best friends: Selkie, a sea lion; Fred, a bearded dragon lizard; and Galileo, a plucky pelican. But when Jack goes missing at sea and island is 'invaded', Nim reaches out via e-mail the adventurous author of her favorite books, and together, each discovers what it takes to truly become the hero of your own life story"--Container.
19) Nim's Island
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Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her...
20) Ark in the park
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When her parents take her to visit a very special pet store in the park across from her apartment, both Sophie and Mr. and Mrs. Noah, the pet store owners, have their secret wishes fulfilled.