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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
In November 1942, a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap. A B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men aboard survived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012, the U.S. Coast...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows that twelve-year-old Madison "Madi" Lewis is not allowed to bring home any more animals. After she's saved hairless mice, two birds, a rabbit, and a stray tom cat that ended up destroying the front porch, Madi's parents decide that if they find one more stray animal in the house, she won't be allowed to meet Jane Goodall at an upcoming gala event. But when Madi and her two best friends, Aaron and Jack, rescue beaver kits whose mother...
3) Hold me
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"Destiny Mills believes passion has its place--like in the lyrics of the country songs that made her parents famous. After a childhood full of drama and heartache, she wants a life that's calm. Safe. Everything that Kipling Gilmore isn't. Her temporary assignment with the Fool's Gold search and rescue team puts her in delicious proximity to the former world-class skier every day. Part of her aches to let go for once--the rest is terrified what'll...
4) Storm front
Author
Series
Montana rescue volume 5
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a tornado search and rescue effort brings back the girl that got away, Ty Remington determines to succeed in rescuing a group of kids--and his own heart.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Żabiński began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Żabińskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. Includes readers' guide.
7) Puppy love
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After saving a drowning puppy while dealing with a huge crush on his classmate Sierra, thirteen-year-old Jordan Mendoza nurses the abandoned puppy back to health and wonders who threw her into the canal and if there are more puppies needing rescue.
Author
Series
Stink Moody volume 4
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stink Moody, friends Webster and Sophie, and Mrs. Birdwistle visit tourist attractions in Virginia as they try to give away 101 guinea pigs rescued from a laboratory, although Stink is very reluctant to give away his favorite, Astro.
Author
Series
Global Search and Rescue volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Rescuing Aria Sinclair is just what former SEAL Jake Silver needs in order to redeem his past mistakes. Keeping her distance from Jake is what Aria needs to protect her heart. As a hurricane turns paradise into peril, they must save themselves and others in this story of second chances and survival--and the cost of both"--
10) Rescue boats
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the characteristics and use of special boats that are designed for search and rescue work.
11) Odder
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--
Author
Series
Global Search and Rescue volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Former Navy SEAL Hamilton Jones thought the love of his life was dead. But when he hears she might still be alive, he will stop at nothing to find her and bring her home. When he discovers her reason for staying away, he must choose between her and the nation he vowed to protect"--
14) Forest
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl hears a noise in the forest near her family's farm in Canada, and when she and her mother go to investigate, they find a small fawn that seems to be all alone.
16) The search
Author
Series
Eve Duncan novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sarah Patrick, working search and rescue with Monty, her golden retriever who is part of the ATF K-9 unit, takes on a perilous new assignment to locate a kidnapped scientist.
17) Contagion
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission. When they arrive, they find the planet littered with the remains of the project--including its members' dead bodies. As they try to piece together what could have possibly decimated an entire project, they discover that some things are best left buried--and some monsters are only too ready...
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Lonely thirteen-year-old Cassie commences her journey into adulthood when she unwittingly befriends an arctic wolf lost in her town and decides to care for him until she can find his real owners.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Meet some brave, amazing animals and the caring people who come to their rescue. Filled with engaging photos, fast facts, and fascinating sidebars, readers won't want to put this book down"--
20) One summer night
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
This science rhyming picture book for young readers captures the drama of turtle hatchlings trying to follow the Moon to make their way to the ocean. But what will happen if the Moon doesn't shine brightly the night they hatch or lights from nearby homes distract them? How will they get to the ocean in time? Backmatter details the lifecycle of a turtle and the seven turtle species.
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