Wendy Orr
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Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 6
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English
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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.
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English
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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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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...
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Series
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A new gripping Bronze Age story from Wendy Orr, internationally acclaimed author of Dragonfly Song and Swallow's Dance
Clio can't remember a time when she didn't share a bond with the mare Grey Girl. On the whole island of Crete, she and her Trojan-born father are the only people who raise and ride horses—and she couldn't live without it. Between the freedom of the pasture and the safety of her grandmother Leira's
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Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 1
Language
English
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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.
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Rainbow Street Shelter volume 3
Language
English
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Sam chooses a guinea pig named Henry to be her pet, envisions a dog named Nelly visiting and helping her younger brother Liam feel comfortable in his kindergarten class, and encourages Liam to also get a guinea pig as a pet.
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Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 2
Language
English
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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.
11) Mokie & Bik
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English
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For two rambunctious twins, living on a boat means always being underfoot or overboard.
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Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 5
Language
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.
13) Raven's mountain
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English
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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.
14) Nim's island
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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.
15) Nim at sea
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Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 4
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
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 the led her to open Rainbow Street Animal Shelter.
17) Swallow's dance
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Leira is training to be a priestess, but after an earthquake on her island forces her and her family to flee to Crete, there is a volcanic eruption that destroys the island and a tsunami that throws Crete into chaos, as she and her mother struggle to survive.
18) Dragonfly song
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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After being abandoned by her birth mother, orphaned by her adopted family, and cast out by others, Aissa decides her only escape is to dance for the Bull King.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
[Pajama Press edition].
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English
Description
"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."--...
20) Nim's Island
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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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...
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