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Just the Series: Rescue Dogs Vol. 2

Series and Publisher: Rescue Dogs

Annotation: Action and adventure with high stakes and a happy ending -- and dogs! When Dusty, starving and sick, is picked up on the side of the highway after losing his pack, he's lucky to be alive. The tiny Chihuahua is small enough to fit in two hands and needs special care to be nursed back to health before he can be adopted out to a forever family. Dusty recovers at the Sterling Center, where they train Search and Rescue dogs. Though the Sterlings don't think a dog as small as Dusty can do the tireless work of a SAR dog, an undeterred Dusty shows them that heart and determination matter most. Still, when a massive earthquake hits and liv

Genre: [Adventure fiction] [Animal fiction]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #212292

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Publisher: Scholastic Book Service

Edition Date: 2020 Release Date: 06/02/20

Pages: 291 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 1-338-36206-2 Perma-Bound: 0-605-02878-8

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-1-338-36206-0 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-02878-4

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Earthquakes. Juvenile fiction.
Survival. Juvenile fiction.
Rescue dogs. Juvenile fiction.
Survival. Fiction.
Rescue dogs. Fiction.
Earthquakes. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 48,789

Reading Level: 5.5

Interest Level: 3-6

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.5 / points: 8.0 / quiz: 508473 / grade: Middle Grades

Lexile: 790L

Guided Reading Level: M

Action and adventure with high stakes and a happy ending -- and dogs!

When Dusty, starving and sick, is picked up on the side of the highway after losing his pack, he's lucky to be alive. The tiny Chihuahua is small enough to fit in two hands and needs special care to be nursed back to health before he can be adopted out to a forever family.Dusty recovers at the Sterling Center, where they train Search and Rescue dogs. Though the Sterlings don't think a dog as small as Dusty can do the tireless work of a SAR dog, an undeterred Dusty shows them that heart and determination matter most. Still, when a massive earthquake hits and lives are at risk, even Dusty has to wonder...does he have what it takes to get the job done?

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