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1) Leaving time
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"For more than a decade, Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident. Refusing to believe she was abandoned, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice?s old journals. A scientist who studied grief among elephants, Alice wrote mostly of her research among the animals she loved, yet Jenna hopes the entries will provide a clue to...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
"Use your reading superpowers to learn all about one of the world's favorite animals, the elephant. Children will love to find out about a young volunteer's time with the elephants in India and Africa, and the things he learns about these much-loved animals."
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
Author
Series
Bravelands volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
"After an act of betrayal rocks the Bravelands, baboon Thorn must find a way to confront treachery in his own troop, while elephant Sky searches for answers and lion Fearless contends with the usurper who conquered his father's pride"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
In this novel-in-verse that picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob, Ruby recounts her life before the circus when her caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa comes for a visit.
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob . Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories...
10) Nifty noses
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
Description
Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behaviour, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. He argues that a breakdown of ancient elephant cultures has resulted from exposure to violent trauma and urges readers to support elephant recovery.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
1944. Elizabeth's mother works at Dresden Zoo, where her favorite animal is an elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her. And then the bombs start to fall ...
14) Oathkeeper
Author
Series
Bravelands volume 6
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
The balance of Bravelands is at a breaking point, but the Great Herd has found a common enemy to unite them all; Titan and his bloodthirsty allies. After eating the hearts of his victims, Titan is powerful beyond measure. Sky's connection to the Great Spirit tells her that unless he is destroyed, the natural order of Bravelands may never recover, and though Fearless is determined to honor his oath and avenge his father's death, he cannot defeat the...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Consider the career of an enduring if controversial icon of American entertainment: the genial circus elephant. In Entertaining Elephants Susan Nance examines elephant behavior - drawing on the scientific literature of animal cognition, learning, and communications - to offer a study of elephants as actors (rather than objects) in American circus entertainment between 1800 and 1940. By developing a deeper understanding of animal behavior, Nance asserts,...
Author
Series
Bravelands volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
"The true Great Parent has finally risen and must unite all the animals of Bravelands to prevent an ancient evil from taking root"--
"As the new Great Father, the young baboon, Thorn, hopes to guide Bravelands to peace after a period of great turmoil. But a pack of rogue wolves lurks among the Great Herd, committing acts so evil they threaten to shatter that peace before it's even begun. The animals of the Great Herd must once again unite to defend...
19) Elephant house
Author
Series
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, the Koh-i-Noor diamond has set man against man and king against king. Now part of the British Crown Jewels, the priceless gem is a prize that many have killed to possess. So when the Crown Jewels go on display in Mumbai, security is everyone's principal concern. And yet, on the very day Inspector Chopra visits the exhibition, the diamond is stolen from under his nose"--Amazon.com.