Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maggie’s grandmother runs an animal clinic, Dr. Mac’s Place, so Maggie knows her way around animals who are in danger. When she learns that the abused and sick puppies flooding the clinic are from an illegal puppy mill, she knows that she has to find out who’s running it, where it is—and save the rest of the dogs!
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2000]
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.
4) Trickster
Author
Series
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.
5) Say good-bye
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
540L
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.
6) Storm rescue
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2001.
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.
8) Trapped
Author
Series
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.
9) Masks
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After assisting with her own cat's emergency surgery, Sunita decides she can no longer work with animals and accepts an internship at a lab, unaware that the research conducted there includes animal testing.
10) Time to fly
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
760L
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.
11) Homeless
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 2
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Sunita and her fellow volunteers at the Wild at Heart veterinary clinic become involved in efforts to save a bunch of feral and abandoned cats with the help of Dr. Mac.
12) Fear of falling
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 9
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.
13) Acting out
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 14
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - 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.
14) End of the race
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 12
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
After treating an injured greyhound at her grandmother's veterinary clinic, thirteen-year-old Maggie learns about the abuse of greyhounds in the dog-racing industry and vows to put a stop to it.
15) 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."--...
16) Helping hands
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 15
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jules and Josh are so excited when their parents hire ponies to attract customers to their sidewalk sale. But the Vet Volunteers notice that the ponies don't seem to be very healthy, and after an examination, they learn that the handler, Gus, has been mistreating them. Can the Vet Volunteers help the ponies get well and find a better life for them?
17) 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.
18) Left behind
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 17
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
When Sunita joins Dr. Gabe on a house call at a local horse farm, she finds a lonely lamb in one of the stalls, reminding her of her own loneliness as her friends seem to be moving on without her.