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"Californian family dog Buck is happy spending his days eating and sleeping. That is until he is kidnapped, and is forced to work in the frozen north of Alaska as a sledge dog. Passed from owner to owner, Buck sets out on a remarkable journey to ensure his own survival. Will he make it? And, when tested, how hard will he struggle against returning to the wild? Packed with tension and excitement, Jack London's atmospheric story of adventure and endurance...
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Dog's purpose volume 1
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English
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This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, this touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here? Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8 year...
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2015
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English
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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.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Struggling to unite the Wild and Leashed Packs for mutual safety after a violent attack, Lucky is cast out by a ruthless Alpha and encounters treacherous elements in the forest and ruined city, which is rapidly enveloped by a poisonous black cloud.
12) Patches
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The puppy place. Main series volume 8
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a home!
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. They have a puppy of their own named Buddy, but they also foster dogs that need help finding new homes. Charles and his friend Sammy are on their way home from school one day when they hear a puppy crying. His name is Patches, and he's tied up in a garage all by himself. His owners seem to care ABOUT Patches, but they don't know how to care FOR him....
13) The Drop
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2014
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English
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Dennis Lehane returns to the streets of Mystic River with this love story wrapped in a crime story wrapped in a journey of faith—the basis for the major motion picture The Drop, from Fox Searchlight Pictures directed by Michaël Roskam, screenplay by Dennis Lehane, and starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini.
Three days after Christmas, a lonely bartender looking for a reason to live rescues an abused
...16) A dangerous path
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HarperCollins
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Tigerclaw is back and more dangerous than ever as the new leader of ShadowClan, but he is not the most terrifying enemy Fireheart must face as a new force sweeps through the woods.
17) White Fang
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White Fang is part dog, part wolf, and all brute, fighting to survive in the frozen north. But when he gradually comes under the spell of man's companionship during the Klondike gold rush in the nineteenth century, how much will he surrender?
18) Bark of night
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Andy Carpenter novels volume 19
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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"When defense lawyer Andy Carpenter's veterinarian asks to speak to him privately at the checkup of his golden retriever, Tara, the last thing Andy expects is Truman. Tiny, healthy French bulldog Truman was dropped off days ago with instructions to be euthanized by a man everyone thought was his owner. But now the owner is nowhere to be found...and it's discovered that the man wasn't Truman's owner at all. Truman's real owner has been murdered. It's...
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Stick Dog volume 2
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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"Stick Dog and his friends must execute a master plan for stealing hot dogs"--
20) Henry Huggins
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Henry Huggins volume 1
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HarperCollins
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English
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When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow.