Fiction
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Hoot by
Carl Hiassen
Tiny burrowing owls
create havoc in this comedy about two teens trying to save the owls' habitat. There
is a movie version out this Spring.
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Whale
Rider by Witi Tame Ihimaera
Twelve-year old
Kahu must prove to her grandfather she is capable of leading their tribe despite
being a girl and her special connection to an ancient bull whale helps prove
her worthiness. |
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Touching
the Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
A violent teen
beats a classmate and his punishment is to survive in the Alaskan wilderness
for a year. |
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Wild
Man Island by Will Hobbs
Andy gets stuck
on an island off the coast of Alaska and struggles to survive against wolves
and the weather in this fast paced adventure. |
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White
Fang by Jack London
The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and who eventually
makes his peace with man. |
Science
Fiction/Fantasy |
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Dr.
Franklin's Island by Ann Halam
Three teens survive a plane crash only to be experimented upon by Dr.
Franklin and transformed into animals. |
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Sirena by Donna Jo
Napoli
A mermaid wins immortality when she rescues a human sailor in this romantic
fantasy set during the Trojan War. |
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The Amazing Maurice and
His Educated Rodents by Terry Prachett
A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper
scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil
rat king. |
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The
Sight by David Clement-Davies
During the Middle Ages, a wolf pack sets out on a perilous journey to prevent
their enemy from calling upon a legendary evil one that will give her the power
to control all animals. |
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Dark
Inheritance by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Fourteen-year old Brett has been raised with a chimpanzee who seems oddly
human in this science fiction adventure about genetic engineering. |
Non-Fiction |
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Close
to Shore: the Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo
Long before Jaws, a great white shark fed on swimmers off the East Coast. |
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Soul
Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
A shark bit off Bethany's entire left arm and not only does she survive, she
surfs again in competition. |
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Animals
in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by
Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
Have you ever wondered what your dog was thinking? This author has some
ideas about how animals see the world. |
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Weird
Nature by John Downer
Did you know monkeys can get addicted to alcohol? And find out what
drug pregnant elephants take to cause labor. This book is full of weird
facts about animals and it has amazing pictures. |
DVDs |
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March
of the Penguins
How tough are penguins? Tough enough to survive in impossibly cold condiitions
that almost killed the cameramen filming them for this heart-wrenching documentary. |
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Microcosmos
You like bugs? Want to see them really up-close? Then this is
the film for you. |
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Winged
Migration
Three years ...seven continents ...five teams of cameramen chase an amazing
variety of birds as they circle the globe. |
