Wendy Orr
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A new gripping Bronze Age story from Wendy Orr, internationally acclaimed author of Dragonfly Song and Swallow's Dance
Clio can't remember a time when she didn't share a bond with the mare Grey Girl. On the whole island of Crete, she and her Trojan-born father are the only people who raise and ride horses—and she couldn't live without it. Between the freedom of the pasture and the safety of her grandmother Leira's
...Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 6
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Mona at the Rainbow Street Shelter finds the perfect home--and job--for an energetic beagle puppy who loves to sniff.
4) Nim's island
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nim loves her island home and the animals she shares it with even while her scientist father is away doing research, but trouble is on the way and a new e-mail friend could be the only one who can help.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Leira is training to be a priestess, but after an earthquake on her island forces her and her family to flee to Crete, there is a volcanic eruption that destroys the island and a tsunami that throws Crete into chaos, as she and her mother struggle to survive.
Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Logan's dog runs away as he and his mother are moving to a new home after his parents separate, a girl named Hannah, who longs for a dog of her own, finds him.
Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 3
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sam chooses a guinea pig named Henry to be her pet, envisions a dog named Nelly visiting and helping her younger brother Liam feel comfortable in his kindergarten class, and encourages Liam to also get a guinea pig as a pet.
Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 2
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After his pet rabbit dies, Josh feels sad and does not want to own another pet until an elderly neighbor's cat goes missing.
11) Mokie & Bik
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
For two rambunctious twins, living on a boat means always being underfoot or overboard.
Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 5
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Finding a horse in the park, Amy takes it to the Rainbow Street Shelter and secretly hopes the owner never turns up.
13) Raven's mountain
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A story of a girl who goes beyond her limits to save her family and on the way, discovers a mysterious bond with a family of bears and a raven.
14) Nim at sea
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
After Alex leaves the island, and Selkie the sea lion is kidnapped, Nim accidentally stows away on the cruise ship that took Selkie, in the hopes of rescuing her and bringing Alex back.
Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 4
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Mona McNeil returns to visit her grandparents' farm as an adult, she recalls the summer she spent there raising Kiki, a lion cub she got as an eighth birthday gift from her uncle Matthew--an experience the led her to open Rainbow Street Animal Shelter.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
[Pajama Press edition].
Language
English
Description
"When Honey's family decides to get away from the world to avoid a spreading illness, they drive off in their converted ice cream truck, stumbling upon the valley of horses. Once there, Honey's family can't find the bridge they used to enter, trapping them in the tranquil valley. Seven years pass, and Honey's family has been perfectly self-sufficient, until her father falls ill. To save her father, Honey must find a way to escape the valley of horses."--...
17) Dragonfly song
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After being abandoned by her birth mother, orphaned by her adopted family, and cast out by others, Aissa decides her only escape is to dance for the Bull King.
18) Nim's Island
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A brave princess and a panther who tries to be brave cross the desert together and settle into a red silk tent, in which they listen to "leaf-snakes, " an "owl-witch, " and other frightening creatures until the princess frightens them away.
20) Nim's Island
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
[Full screen edition].
Language
English
Description
Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her...
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