Weeks, Sarah. 2004. So B. It: a novel. New York: Laura Geringer Books.
Heidi It knows little about herself or her family at the beginning of Sarah Weeks’ novel So B. It. Heidi narrates the story herself, and the plot of the novel revolves around the important discoveries that she makes about her life at the [...]
Hatkoff, Isabella, Craig Hatkoff, P. Kahumbu, and Peter Greste. 2006. Owen & Mzee: the true story of a remarkable friendship. New York: Scholastic Press.
Plot Summary:
After the disastrous tsunami in the Indian Ocean in December of 2004, a baby hippopotamus was stranded on the coast near a Kenyan town called Malindi. Villagers helped to rescue the [...]
Bibliography: Quinn, Spencer. (2009). Dog on It. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN: 9781416585831
Plot Summary: Together P.I.s Bernie and Chet run the Little Detective Agency. And they are good at their jobs, especially missing persons cases. No matter that Chet is a mutt who couldn’t pass K-9 school, and Bernie’s got some issues of his [...]
Bibliography: Greenwald, Lisa. (2009). My Life in Pink and Green. New York: Harry N. Abrams. ISBN: 9780810983526
Plot Summary: 12 year old Lucy spends a lot of her time helping her mother and grandmother out at the family owned Old Mill Pharmacy. But times are tough for small mom and pop businesses, and she often overhears [...]
Grogan, John, and Richard Cowdrey. 2007. Bad dog, Marley! New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN: 9780061171154.
Plot Summary:
A father, mother, and their two young children decide to adopt a rambunctious puppy that they name Marley. As he grows, Marley begins to cause trouble by destroying household items and making huge messes. It seems that everything Marley does – [...]