Books with title Rescue

"This title examines pet rescue past to present from the early shelters to rescue organizations and no-kill shelters. Organizations regulating the process is discussed as are opposing viewpoints and solutions such as education, spaying and neutering. A timeline, glossary, index, and historic and color photos supplement easy-to-read text. An infographic shows how the reader can learn more and get involved. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO."--Provided by publisher.

This children’s picture story book is suitable as a read alone book for anyone learning to read, learning English, learning English as a second language and as a bed time reader for parents introducing children to reading. While the book entertains, more emphasis is put towards the educational aspect. This is the reason why this book, one in a series of seven books, makes extensive use of sight “flash” words from the Dolchlist, covering pre primer to third grade level.Familiar names are used for all the animal characters in the book to enable children to identify with the characters and kindle their imagination. Pages in the book are done separately to address the issue of word and image distortion on some e-readers. The book is written in large words to make it easy to read. In this book, all the animals are now at the deep hole. They want to rescue Abigail and Matthew Squirrel. Olivia Elephant says ropes are for humans. Elijah Bat says he has the best night vision. Alexander Lion thinks they must first know what they are up against. Will the animals manage to rescue the Squirrels?

Lucy Marshall thought she had it all—a successful career, a gorgeous girlfriend, and a well-organized life—until she didn’t. Her girlfriend leaves her for a yoga instructor, her boss fires her, and she wants nothing more than to crawl under the covers and stay there. But her best friend, Harriet, won’t allow it. Harriet drags her to the wilderness of Oregon to meet the women of Sugar Pines. What she thinks is a relaxing retreat actually turns out to be much, much more. Lucy discovers the importance of friendship, sisterhood and, ultimately, love.

Telling Buddy's story in Rescue Pup creates in readers, young and old, an awareness of our system of rescuing animals that can't fend for themselves. Buddy is abandoned in an empty house and breaks free, only to be faced with many dangers on his own. He eventually finds himself in an overcrowded shelter where he fears he will never be noticed and adopted. It is worth reading time and again to our children. This story builds character as it deals with concepts like responsibility, friendship, and love. Young readers benefit from early exposure to these virtues. In Rescue Pup, these concepts are presented naturally in the course of the story so children can easily grasp them. Perhaps what gives the story its greatest impact is that it is largely based on a true story. What makes it important is that what happened to Buddy happens all too often in our modern world. That's why this simple book is also a very important one. As we teach our children how to responsibly care for the animals put into our charge, we begin to create a future in which pets do not need to go through what Buddy did.

In this extraordinary time travel tale the main character, Suri, finds herself in a mad race through time. Join Suri as she seeks to rescue the sibling who lost his life, by way of abortion, and Suri's mother whose life hangs by a thread. This pro-life thriller, written for young adults, is both timely and is a much needed resource in today's world where the lives of unborn children are expendable.

book 4They traveled to Kystra to put out the fire and rescueClardeen, Primcella’s brother. They were too late. Clardeenand the other prisoners had already been loaded in Tralog’s spaceship. Primcella gasped as the spaceship rose in theair and disappeared in the dust surrounding Kystra. Pentil put his hand on Primcella’s shoulder. “Don’t worry.I know where they’ll take the prisoners.We can rescue them.” Pentil closed his eyes andimagined the inside of Tralog’s dungeon. He wasthe only one who ever escaped. Could he go back? He must. No one else knew the secret passageways or howto find the doorways that would take them in andthen back out.

Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies, and self-esteem to name a few. More than entertainment, these books can be a powerful learning and coping tool when a struggling reader connects with credible characters and a compelling storyline. The highly readable style and mature topics will appeal to young adult readers of both sexes and encourage them to finish each novel.Harriet Tubman HS Series-- On the brink of her freshman year at Tubman High, something clicked in Chelsea's mind. Shadrach rescued animals. And in a way, he saved kids by teaching them respect. Now she and her friends were rescuers by volunteering at the shelter. Jaris was a rescuer too. He was trying to save Sereeta's mom. And, maybe Maurice would have to rescue Athena from getting into trouble.

Grams and the girls find their new home wondrous but challenging. They find unique ways to cope while the Elves and Dwarves are busy with plans to rescue the Salient Humans. As plans were formed, another threat to their family come to light and an immediate rescue is needed. Grams, Rachel and Anna defy their mates and set out on the adventure of a lifetime to rescue their family from the Gralix realm. Darshak, Endel, Curmudgin and other members of the planned rescue team, follow the ladies into the Gralix realm to ensure they come to no harm. Following the resolution of this interaction, the rescue of the Salients was of foremost importance. However, the rescue team had no way of knowing that the Gralix also had plans for the extraction of the Salients. The interaction between the Humans, Elves, Dwarves and Gralix pose challenges that all had planned for, with some having been more creative in their preparations than others. The brutality of the encounters escalate into all out war.

This is the third book in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series which follows Soren and the other young owls on their mystical quest to become true Ga'Hoolian owls, honest and brave, wise and true. Ever since Soren was kidnapped and taken to the St. Aegolius School for Orphaned Owls, he has longed to see his sister, Eglantine, again. Now Eglantine is back is Soren's life, but she's been through an ordeal too terrible for words. At the same time, Soren's mentor, Ezylryb, has mysteriously disappeared, and may be in danger. Deep within Soren's gizzard, something more powerful than knowledge tells him there's a connection between these mysterious events. In order to rescue Ezylryb, Soren must embark upon a perilous quest. It will bring him face-to-face with a force more dangerous than anything the rulers of St. Aggie's could have devised--and a truth that threatens to destroy the owl kingdom.

An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller.For fans of Tom Clancy and Lee Child, a heart-pumping thriller of betrayal, revenge, and conspiracy by USA Today bestselling author Steven Konkoly.Former CIA operative turned mercenary for hire Ryan Decker’s specialty is rescuing kidnap victims. Hired by an influential US senator to liberate her daughter from a human-trafficking ring, Decker never anticipated sabotage or that the assault could go so disastrously wrong. The hostage is dead. His team is wiped out, and so are their families, including Decker’s own wife and son—eliminated one by one by the Russian mafia. And he’s survived to take the fall.When he’s inexplicably freed soon into a ten-year sentence in federal prison, Decker suspects another setup. And private investigator Harlow Mackenzie knows he’s right. She has evidence that a power greater than the Russian mob was behind the raid that ruined Decker’s life.The next move in a nationwide cat-and-mouse game of high-level sedition is up to them. Fueled by revenge and an obsession to clear his name, Decker has only one mission: to destroy a growing conspiracy before it’s too late.