Title: Chancer – How One Good Boy Saved Another Author: Donnie Kantor Winokur Genre: Adult Nonfiction Publisher: Grand Harbor Press Pages: 284 Rating: Recommended Audience: Adult Review This is a memoir; a mother’s anguished but eventually triumphant journey at solving the […]
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Book Review: The Incredible Journey
Title: The Incredible Journey Author: Sheila Burnford Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Yearling Books Pages: 160 Rating: Recommended Audience: grades 5-8 Summary: This is the story of three pets (two dogs- lab Luath and bull terrier Bodger and a Siamese cat-Tao) who travel 300+ miles through Ontario, […]
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Title: Where The Red Fern Grows Author: Wilson Rawls Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Yearling Books Pages: 212 Rating: Recommended Audience: grades 6-8 Summary: This book is told from the point of view of Billy as an adult flashing back to when he was a child. […]
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Title: Stone Fox Author: John Reynolds Gardiner Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 96 Rating: Recommended Audience: grades 4-7 Summary: When Willy’s grandfather gets sick, Willy decides to try to save the farm (taxes owed) by entering a dog sled race. He tends […]
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