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7 - 10
Genre
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Page Count
80
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Grade Level
3rd - 4th
ISBN
9780590681179
Lexile
730L
Themes
adventure

Ten True Animal Rescues

Written by Jeanne Betancourt
A gorilla takes care of a boy who falls into her cage at the zoo; a cat saves an infant’s life. Exciting true stories offer real-life drama for animal lovers
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Age Range
7 - 10
Genre
fiction
Page Count
80
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Grade Level
3rd - 4th
ISBN
9780590681179
Lexile
730L
Themes
adventure
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The Caring Me I Want to Be! (Mindful Me, Happy Me)

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Walter the Baker

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Hattie Peck

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Poor Hattie Peck simply loves eggs, but she has only ever laid one egg—and it never hatched. Eggs...
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Seventeen-year-old Riley Beckett's father is a convicted serial killer on death row who has always...
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The BFG

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When Sophie was taken by the BFG, she wasn't frightened. He was a nice giant, unlike some of the...
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Detective Stories

Written by Philip Pullman and Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle
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Duck, Duck, Goose

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Ling Sung dreads going to school. There are too many things the other kids can do that he can't...

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In this easy-to-read chapter book, Poppleton the pig charms young readers with his quirky adventures...

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Bud, Not Buddy

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The story of 10-year-old Bud, fom Flint, Michigan, who struggles to find his place in the world...
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