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Five Fall Into Adventure

Enid Blyton · 208 pages

In book nine, the Famous Five are really worried -- George and her devoted Timmy have disappeared. Not only that, somebody has broken into Kirrin Cottage. Could there be a connection?

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The 101 Dalmatians

Dodie Smith · 69 pages

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Finding Zasha

Randi Barrow · 344 pages

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The Calculus Affair

Herge · 62 pages

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Mr. Tucket

Gary Paulsen · 166 pages

Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is captured by Pawnees. It will take wild horses, hostile tribes, and a mysterious one-armed mountain man named Mr. Grimes to help Francis become the ma

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Bloodline

James Rollins · 464 pages

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The Templeton Twins Have an Idea

Ellis Weiner

Abigail and John, the Templeton twins, and their dog Cassie, foil a pair of inept kidnappers intent on stealing one of their father's newest inventions.

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The Call of the Wild

Jack London · 128 pages

From the book:Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego. Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing i

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Rescue on the Oregon Trail

Kate Messner · 144 pages

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Double or Die

Charlie Higson · 377 pages

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Red Dog

Bill Wallace · 188 pages

Adam, his best friend the red pup, and his family live in a cabin in the Wyoming territory. When Adam's stepfather leaves for a long trip to Cheyenne, three cutthroat gold prospectors crash into the cabin and hold the family at gunpoint. Adam escapes, and the men let the red pup loose. Unfortunately, the one thing that dog does best is track Adam, so he must find a way to outwit them and save his

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Lassie Come Home

Eric Knight · 239 pages

A collie named lassie has to be sold because her family are having bad times . Lassie escapes twice but when her new owner takes her to a place too far to run from will lassie be able to make the journey back to her home ? A collie undertakes a thousand-mile journey in order to once again meet her former master at the school gate. Lassie is Joe's prize collie and constant companion. But when Jo

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In Desert and Wilderness

Henryk Sienkiewicz, Max A. Drezmal · 382 pages

In the tradition of Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island comes a Sienkiewicz novel for readers of all ages!. This thrilling adventure saga and coming-of-age tale sets two young children, Stas Tarkowski, fourteen, and Nelly Rawlinson, eight, within the reaches of Africa's desert storms, the ravages of hunger, and threatening jungles filled with vicious animals and warring tribes. Everything for the

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Hideout

Gordon Korman · 273 pages

Luthor's former owner, Swindle, is back trying to reclaim his dog, and it is up to Griffin Bing, Savannah Drysdale, and their friends to hide the Doberman until they can come up with a plan to rescue him from the vicious crook.

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A Hidden Enemy

Erin Hunter · 296 pages

After discovering a forest filled with prey and fresh water, Lucky and the Leashed Dogs are sure that they have found their new home. But a fierce pack of Wild Dogs has laid claim to the land and their menacing Alpha won’t allow other dogs to settle there. Now Lucky finds himself forced to go behind enemy lines—and to decide which dogs will ultimately be his true allies. ---------- **Books i

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The Infernals

John Connolly · 320 pages

A boy, his dog, and their struggle to escape the wrath of demons. Young Samuel Johnson foiled the invasion of Earth by the forces of evil; now they want to get their claws on Samuel and his faithful dachshund, Boswell.

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Raiders from the Sea

Lois Walfrid Johnson · 199 pages

When Briana O’Toole rescues a stranger from drowning, she doesn’t realize that her actions may have put her family and neighbors in danger. Then, in one harrowing day, Viking raiders capture Bree and her brother Devin and take them away from their home in Ireland. All of the Irish prisoners are at the mercy of Mikkel, the proud young leader of the Vikings. When he separates Bree and Devin, Bree

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The Case of the Missing Marquess

Nancy Springer · 216 pages

When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her. But nothing can prepare her for what awaits. Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers—all while attempting to piece

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The Golden Fortress

Satyajit Ray · 128 pages

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Wolf Brother

Michelle Paver · 320 pages

This exciting fast-paced novel is an engaging depiction of a young boy's life during Neolithic times. This fictional account includes details based on archeological evidence of tool use, clothing, and other details of everyday life during the Stone Age. The main character loses his father in a 'demonic' animal attack, so is left alone to face the harsh realities of survival without the benefit o

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The Dog Master: A Novel of the First Dog

W. Bruce Cameron · 416 pages

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Chickadee

Louise Erdrich · 210 pages

In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.

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Hostage

Chris Bradford · 423 pages

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Irish Red

Jim Kjelgaard · 192 pages

Called runt, misfit, and troublemaker, Big Red's son Mike escapes from a training kennel to join the two men he loves in their forest retreat and proves he has the intelligence and skill expected of the offspring of a famous Irish setter.

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