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1) Twisted
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 4
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Brenna, Maggie, and Zoe go to Florida to visit a manatee rescue center, where they learn about these endangered marine mammals.
3) Fever, 1793
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
4) Time to fly
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 10
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Just when Zoe is starting to feel at home in Ambler, Pennsylvania, living with her veterinarian grandmother and learning about a flock of wild parrots, her actress mother arrives to take her to a new home in Los Angeles.
5) Trickster
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 3
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
When he and the other volunteers at Dr. Mac's veterinary clinic go to help out at Quinn's Stables, David makes several serious mistakes and must prove he can be trusted before Mr. Quinn will let him even be around the spirited horse that David wants to ride.
6) Wintergirls
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
With the help of her veterinarian grandmother and the other volunteers at the Wild at Heart Animal Clinic, eleven-year-old Maggie rescues sick puppies from an illegal puppy mill.
8) Storm rescue
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 6
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
When a hurricane hits her town, Sunita must face her fears in order to help a stranded cat.
9) Say good-bye
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 5
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Seeing Jane's dog, Yum-Yum, help cheer up children in a cancer ward makes Zoe think about having her puppy, Sneakers, trained to do therapy, too, especially when Yum-Yum becomes very ill.
10) Ashes
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--
11) Trapped
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 8
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Brenna, one of the volunteers at the Dr. Mac's Place animal clinic, is horrified to find a dog caught in a trap in the local nature preserve, but subsequent events prove that every story has two sides.
12) Left behind
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 17
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"When Sunita joins Dr. Gabe and another Vet Volunteer on a house call at a local horse farm, she is concerned to discover a lone lamb housed in one of the stalls. She knows that sheep are flock animals, and that without other sheep and lambs around, this little lamb will not thrive. Can she and her fellow Vet Volunteers help educate the owner, and find a new home for it with others of its kind?" --
13) Masks
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 11
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After Sunita's beloved pet cat, Mittens, gets injured on her watch, she wonders if vet work is right for her. She takes an internship at a research lab, but learns that they test on animals and eventually put them to sleep. Sunita loves animals, but can she find a way to work with them without harming them?
14) Acting out
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 15
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Zoe is unhappy about leaving Hollywood to live with her cousin, Maggie, and grandmother, Dr. Mac, in Ambler, Pennsylvania, while her mother is away on a film shoot, but soon gets involved in a suspected case of antifreeze poisoning.
15) Treading water
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 16
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When they find abandoned ducklings, the vet volunteers must educate the community about keeping baby animals as Easter pets while also teaching the ducklings how to swim.
16) Chains
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
17) Fear of falling
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 9
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old David has conflicting feelings when his father, who taught him to ride the horses he loves so much, returns to spend Thanksgiving Day with the family after being gone for a year.
18) New beginnings
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 13
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
"Meet Jules and Josh, the new twins in town! While Josh adapts quickly to Ambler, Jules accidentally makes an enemy of Maggie. Hoping a pet will help her feel better, Jules adopts the class rabbit, Chewie, but things go downhill when there are complications with Chewie's spay surgery. With Dr. Mac out on a call, it's up to Jules to work with Maggie to help the rabbit - and maybe even prove that she and Josh are worthy of becoming Vet Volunteers."--...
19) Forge
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
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