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The Rescuers

Schraff, Anne

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Saddleback Publishing

Just the Series: Urban Underground

Annotation: A teen girl avoids and ridicules a homeless man with a deformed face, but her attitude towards him changes when she helps him rescue wounded opposums.

Genre: [Realistic fiction]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #5252157

Format: Paperback

Special Formats: High Low

Publisher: Saddleback Publishing

Edition Date: 2012 Release Date: 12/24/11

Pages: 200 pages

ISBN: 1-616-51666-6

ISBN 13: 978-1-616-51666-6

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 18 cm.

Subject Heading:
High school students. Juvenile fiction.
African American high school students. Juvenile fiction.
Animal rescue. Juvenile fiction.
Rescues. Juvenile fiction.
High school students. Fiction.
African American high school students. Fiction.
Animal rescue. Fiction.
Rescues. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 30,865

Reading Level: 4.1

Interest Level: 7-12

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.1 / points: 4.0 / quiz: 150950 / grade: Upper Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.4 / points:10.0 / quiz:Q58918

Lexile: HL600L

Themes: High School, Neighborhoods, Family, Loyalty, Friendship, Urban Teen Fiction, Volunteerism, Wildlife, Misperceptions, Coming of Age, Gossip, Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. 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 eBook. 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.

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