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The Case of the Lost Boy

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The Trouble With Chickens

Doreen Cronin · 119 pages

A hard-bitten former search-and-rescue dog helps solve a complicated missing chicken case.

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Woof

Spencer Quinn · 298 pages

Bowser is a mutt, just adopted by eleven-year-old Birdie Gaux and her grandmother, but when they all get home to Grammy's bait and tackle shop in the bayou they discover that their prize stuffed marlin has been stolen--so Bowser decides to investigate, and things quickly become complicated and dangerous. Teaming up with eleven-year-old Birdie to solve mysteries on the Louisiana coast, dog detec

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Bunnicula

James Howe, Deborah Howe · 98 pages

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Nighty-Nightmare

James Howe · 122 pages

When scary strangers appear at the Monroes' overnight campsite, Chester the cat tries to convince the family's two dogs that foul play is intended.

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A Pack Divided

Erin Hunter · 278 pages

For the first time Storm can remember, she has a place in a Pack, and the world that was devastated by the Big Growl is finally at peace. But tensions are rising among the dogs of the Wild Pack—and the greatest danger they face may come from within. ---------- **Books in this series** 1. A Pack Divided 2. [Dead of Night][2] 3. [Into the Shadows][3] 4. [Red Moon Rising][4] 5. [The

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Fenway and Hattie

Victoria J. Coe · 162 pages

Fenway is an excitable and endlessly energetic Jack Russell terrier. He lives in the city with Food Lady, Fetch Man, and of course his beloved short human and best-friend-in-the-world, Hattie. But when his family moves to the suburbs, Fenway faces a world of changes. He s pretty pleased with the huge Dog Park behind his new home, but he s not so happy about the Evil Squirrels that taunt him from t

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The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog

John R. Erickson · 144 pages

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The Vanishing

Christopher Holt

When all humans in his world disappear, Max, a yellow Labrador Retriever, searches for Madame Curie who, he knows, will help find his people but as he and friends Rocky and Gizmo search, they face angry wolves, a gang of subway rats, and the Corporation, a supposed "perfect" society for dogs.

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Elvis and the Dearly Departed

Peggy Webb · 233 pages

They say you can’t get to Heaven without passing through the Eternal Rest Funeral Home. And no one gets into Eternal Rest without passing muster with Elvis—the basset hound who’s convinced he’s the reincarnation of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Brewing up a big ol’ pitcher of Mississippi mystery, Peggy Webb’s delightful new series is as intoxicating as the Delta breeze. Normally, Callie Valentine Jo

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Rescue on the Oregon Trail

Kate Messner · 144 pages

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Shock for the Secret Seven

Enid Blyton · 136 pages

Dogs are going missing all over town. When Scamper also disappears, the group becomes the Secret Six and must solve the mystery. Jack finally finds the clue to end the mystery.

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Upchuck and the Rotten Willy

Bill Wallace · 112 pages

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Dog

Daniel Pennac · 181 pages

Rescued from certain death by a kindly dog at the city dump, an abandoned puppy grows up fending for himself until he finds a home with a willful little girl. Could she be the mistress of his dreams?

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Ellie's Story

W. Bruce Cameron · 208 pages

Trained as a search-and-rescue dog since puppyhood, Ellie can track and find people who are physically lost, but it is her owners, widower Jakob and lonely Maya, who challenge her to find a way to save people who are lost in other ways.

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Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam

Cynthia Kadohata · 320 pages

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The Good Dog

Avi · 243 pages

McKinley, a malamute, is a good dog -- he's reliable and trustworthy. Whether it's watching over the other dogs of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, or taking care of his human pup, Jack, McKinley never even thinks of letting anyone down -- until he meets Lupin. Lupin is a she-wolf and she's urging the dogs of Steamboat Springs to leave their domesticated lives and join her wild pack. And though she sc

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Cat on the Scent

Rita Mae Brown, Sneaky Pie Brown · 321 pages

It takes a cat to write the purr-fect mystery.Things have been pretty exciting lately in Crozet, Virginia--a little too exciting if you ask resident feline investigator Mrs. Murphy. Just as the town starts to buzz over its Civil War reenactment, a popular local man disappears. No one's seen Tommy Van Allen's single-engine plane, either--except for Mrs. Murphy, who spotted it during a foggy evening

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Dogsbody

Diana Wynne Jones · 251 pages

LoC Summary: Sirius the dog star is reborn on earth as a puppy with a mission to search for the lost Zoi, the murder weapon of the stars.

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The Rescue Team

Billi Tiner · 152 pages

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Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog

Garth Stein · 305 pages

A dog decides that when he dies and returns to earth as a man, he will model his behavior after his beloved owner, a race car driver.

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