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1) Stella
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
As a puppy, Stella was trained to use her powerful beagle nose to sniff out dangerous chemicals and help her handler keep people safe. During a routine security inspection, Stella misses the scent of an explosive. The sound of the blast is loud and scary. Unable to go back to work because of her anxiety, Stella is retired as a working dog. A young girl named Cloe wants to adopt Stella, the beagle smells a strange chemical inside Cloe's body, a scent...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Luna has always wanted to be a therapy dog at Therapy Dogs Worldwide. Now she's a whisker away from reaching her fifty-visit pin that will make it official. But when her "clients"--the children who visit her--are put into a therapy group, Luna's routine is upended. Like the moon, Luna shows different faces at different times. And her clients each have different needs--Beatrice is tangled in knots of anger, Caleb rushes like a waterfall, Amelia carries...
Author
Series
Elvis and the underdogs volume 1
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
All his life Benji, now ten, has been sickly and he has long been targeted by the school bully, but after a seizure Benji gets a therapy dog that is not only big enough to protect him, it can also talk.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Chester has always wanted to become a service dog, but when he fails his certification test it seems like that dream will never come true, that is until a family adopts him to be a companion for their ten-year-old son, Gus, who has autism.
5) Buster
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Buster's a therapy dog who needs to take matters into his own paws to help a boy understand his own anxiety . . . even if it means breaking a few rules. Buster's in big trouble. He's been dragged to Dog Court for breaking one of the most sacred of all dog rules: Never, ever talk to a human, or let a human know how smart you really are. But he swears he had a good reason! The boy he's been taking care of, Tonio, needed his help in a big way. You see,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A heartfelt companion novel to the critically acclaimed Chester and Gus about inclusivity, autism, friendship, and family, perfect for fans of Sara Pennypacker and Kate DiCamillo. After being separated from his family, Franklin becomes an independent cat, until he meets a goofy dog named Chester. Chester is a service dog to his person, a boy named Gus, and Chester knows just the girl to be Franklin's person--Gus's classmate, Amelia. Amelia loves cats,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Wednesday's brother's drone went missing in their own backyard. And that can mean only one thing--the thief is one of their friends! Can the neighborhood's newest service dog help Wednesday sniff out the bandit? Or will the case of the missing drone be a doggone disaster?"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Nearly-thirteen-year-old Melinda Jia Mackay was adopted from China as a baby, and she has always preferred to stay out of the limelight, reading and writing for her own pleasure--but now she has a summer assignment, so with the help of a new friend, Tyler, and a therapy dog named Odie, she reluctantly hits the streets of New York City in search of her "true passion," one which she can share with others.
10) Cooper's story
Author
Series
Dog's purpose (Juvenile) volume 9
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Cooper, a malamute-Great Dane puppy, finds purpose as service dog and emotional support animal to fifth-grader Burke, a boy in a wheelchair.
Author
Series
Elvis and the underdogs volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
It's been months since Benji's former therapy dog, Elvis, was whisked away by the Secret Service, but Benji still misses him terribly. Luckily, because Elvis is now the President's dog, Benji can keep tabs on him via pictures and videos that are available online. While watching footage of the President's speech on the White House lawn, Benji and his friends Alexander and Taisy notice Elvis doing something very strange with his tail. Could he be trying...