Soontornvat, Christina
Summary: "Young Plum is shocked to discover that she's been accepted to the Guardian Academy on Lotus Island, an elite school where kids learn how to transform into Guardians, magical creatures who are sworn to protect the natural world. The Guardian masters teach Plum and her friends how to communicate with animals and how to use meditation to strengthen their minds and bodies. All the kids also learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SOOMacLachlan, Patricia
Summary: Grace's aunt Lily is a writer, but is often "flummoxed" by her own writing. Her stories don't go anywhere, her desk is a mess, and her writer's group can't help. So Lily posts an ad for an assistant. The next day, Grace opens the door, and there is Rex: a Labrador Retriever who will change Grace's life, and Lily's.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MORMacLachlan, Patricia
Summary: Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan has written a magical and funny tale about the joy found in using words, sharing stories, and loving a wondrous dog named Rex.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MACButler, Dori Hillestad
Summary: Kayla needs to return her library books, but she can't find one of them. Can King and Jillian help solve the crime?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC BUTOlder, Daniel José
Summary: Magdalys's connection with the dinosaurs has led the US Army to some important victories, but the Civil War's not over yet and the squad members find themselves fighting deep in the Louisiana bayou. Then General Ulysses S. Grant himself entrusts Magdalys with a top secret mission -- one that the very success of the Union depends on. Because as the friends will soon find out, the United States...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD OLDButler, Dori Hillestad
Summary: King and Kayla are going to a sleepover at Jillian and Thor's house. They usually sleep downstairs, but not this time. Jillian says there's a ghost down there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC BUTThompson, Sam
Summary: Wolfstongue tells the story of a boy with speech problems who enters a hidden world of talking animals. When he befriends a family of wolves who have been enslaved by scheming, articulate foxes, the boy must face his own struggle with words to help the wolves win back their freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Island Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC THOMacLachlan, Patricia
Summary: Teddy is a gifted dog. Raised in a cabin by a poet named Sylvan, he grew up listening to sonnets read aloud and the comforting clicking of a keyboard. Although Teddy understands words, Sylvan always told him there are only two kinds of people in the world who can hear Teddy speak: poets and children. Then one day Teddy learns that Sylvan was right. When Teddy finds Nickel and Flora trapped in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MACCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction MacLachlan 2016Costa, Dela
Summary: Isla is excited about her first-ever sleepover at Tora's, but the night takes a spooky turn when they hear strange fluttering sounds in the attic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2023
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Summary: When Papa goes away for a little while, his family tries to cope with the separation by adopting four dogs and a cat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2011
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Summary: While on a field trip to Bokati Island with the mysterious Guardian Master Em, Plum must decide whether or not to reveal her own Guardian powers when an unseen force puts the entire ecosystem at risk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SOOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED SOOButler, Dori Hillestad
Summary: Raj can't find his cat. The cat's name is Blue, but he is actually a gray cat with dark stripes and yellow eyes. Blue doesn't go outside, and all the doors were closed. Where could Blue be?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC BUTHolyoke, Polly
Summary: When monsters emerge to attack the empire, it is up to twelve-year-old Kiesandra and her beloved winged horse N'Rah to prove to herself and the imperial army that she has what it takes to lead them to victory and survival.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOLLasky, Kathryn
Summary: As the filly Estrella leads her herd north to good grass and water, the stallion Hold On, blinded in the canyon fire, is found by the human boy Tijo, who has an ability to understand horses that sets him apart from other humans--but when Hold On and Tijo catch up with the herd, Estrella must decide whether or not the horses should accept this boy or drive him away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LASVoake, Steve.
Summary: When one of the lambs on the farm gets lost on the other side of the river, Daisy, who can communicate with animals, and her dog Boom help return him to the flock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: JBR BLUE VOACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DD 3Browne, Anthony
Summary: When a gorilla who knows sign language tells his keepers that he is lonely, they bring him a very special friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2008
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Summary: Mallins Wood is home to the last surviving gorgon, and Col's mother, the gorgon's supernatural Companion, is determined to save it from encroaching development--even to the point of endangering Col and his best friend Connie, the most powerful Companion alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GOLCosta, Dela
Summary: While on vacation at her family cabana, eight-year-old Isla Verde along with best friend Tora and gecko Fitz, search for the mysterious Canto Coast namesake--a mermaid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2022
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Summary: In an effort to find out why accidents are plaguing Sphinx's younger inhabitants, fifteen-year-old Stephanie Harrington attempts things she never imaged doing--including going undercover into the wilds of the late-night club scene, a realm where her faithful treecat guardian, Lionheart, cannot follow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WEBNess, Patrick
Summary: Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee, whose thoughts Todd can hear, too, whether he wants to or not, stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2009
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Summary: The filly Estrella, her human friend, Tio, and her small herd of horses have temporarily escaped from the evil human El Miedo, but he has not given up, and as the dawn horses keep searching for the sweet grasses that will give them strength, new friends--and enemies--both human and animal, will emerge from the shadows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LASTwain, Mark
Summary: "Based on a set of unfinished Mark Twain notes for a children's story, this is the tale of Johnny, a young boy with a magical ability to speak to animals who sets off to rescue a stolen prince"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J FIC TWACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC TWAGolding, Julia.
Summary: Upon moving to her aunt's seaside home in the British Isles, Connie becomes part of a secret society that shelters mythical creatures, and must use her ability to communicate with these beings to protect them from evil and the incursions of humans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GOLOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to an African rainforest, where the siblings encounter gorillas and learn to communicate with them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002