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Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
200 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The author spotlights 49 underdogs who beat the odds and became heroes in their families, neighborhoods, and communities. Animal advocate and photographer Murray captures these pit bull heroes in their day-to-day lives and shares their inspiring stories."--
3) Dog lost
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
197 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
After living happily in a warm home with an eleven-year-old boy, a pit bull terrier is forced to survive on the streets, where its brave deeds surprise many residents who dislike or fear pit bulls.
Author
Publisher
Viking Studio/Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles ; 19 x 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Filled with inspiring stories and photographs, this heartfelt tribute to the pit bull celebrates one of America's most popular yet misunderstood dogs. Perhaps more than any other breed, the pit bull has been dogged by negative stereotypes. In truth, pit bulls are innately wonderful family pets, as capable of love and good deeds as any other type of dog. Setting the record straight, Ken Foster sings the praises of pit bulls in I'm a Good Dog, a gorgeously...
6) Rescue you
Author
Series
Dogwood County volume 1
Language
English
Description
After a year of heartbreak and loss, the only thing keeping Constance afloat is the dog rescue she works at with her sister, Sunny. Desperate for a change, Constance impulsively joins a new gym, even though it seems impossibly hard, and despite the gym's prickly owner. Rhett Santos keeps his gym as a refuge for his former-military brothers and to sweat out his own issues. He's ready to let the funny redhead join, but unprepared for the way she wiggles...
7) Poppy
Author
Series
American dog volume 2
Language
English
Description
With the help of a very special pit bull puppy, twelve-year-old Hannah adjusts to moving from Michigan to California and makes friends, despite the birthmark that makes her self-conscious.
8) Norah's ark
Series
Publisher
Steeple Hill Café
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The author writes an account of her relationship with her pit bull Rosie. Starting from the emptiness following Rosie's death, the author launches a heartfelt and fabulist investigation into the true nature of the bond between pet and pet owner.
Author
Language
English
Description
This book tells the story of survival and our powerful bond with man's best friend, in the aftermath of the nation's most notorious case of animal cruelty. Animal lovers and sports fans were shocked when the story broke about NFL player Michael Vick's brutal dog fighting operation. But what became of the dozens of dogs who survived? As the author discovered, their story is the truly newsworthy aspect of this case. Expanding on his Sports Illustrated...
12) One good dog
Author
Series
One good dog volume 1
Language
English
Description
"One Good Dog is a wonderful novel: a moving, tender, and brilliantly crafted story about two fighters—one a man, one a dog— hoping to leave the fight behind, who ultimately find their salvation in each other. Susan Wilson's clear and unflinching style is perfectly suited for her story that strips away the trappings and toys we all hide behind, and exposes our essential need to give and accept love in order to thrive."—Garth
...Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Today, Wallace is a champion; but in the summer of 2005, he was living in a shelter, a refugee from a suspicious pit-bull breeding operation. Then Andrew "Roo" Yori entered the picture. A scientist and shelter volunteer, Roo could immediately see that Wallace was something special. When Roo learned that Wallace was about to be put down, he and his wife frantically fought to keep Wallace alive until they could adopt him, even though they already had...
14) Stay with me
Author
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-olds Mack, a high school drop-out but a genius with dogs, and Céce, who hopes to use her intelligence to avoid a life like her mother's, meet and fall in love at the restaurant where they both work, but when Mack lands in prison he pushes Céce away and only a one-eared pit-bull can keep them together.
16) A dog like Daisy
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
177 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Daisy has only ten weeks to prove her usefulness or else be sent back to the pound. Yet if she goes back, who will protect Colonel Victor from his PTSD attacks? Or save the littler human, Micah, from those infernal ear muzzles he calls earphones? What if no one ever adopts her again? Determined to become the elite protector the colonel needs, Daisy vows to ace the service dog test. She'll accept the ridiculous leash and learn to sit, heel, shake,...
17) Lila and Hadley
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Hadley is an angry girl: angry at her mother for embezzling money, angry at her estranged older sister, Beth, whom she has to live with while her mother is in jail, angry at having to move to Kentucky away from her friends, and angry at the world because she has retinitis pigmentosa and is slowly going blind; but then she meets Lila, a rescued pit bull who has not responded to anyone else--so if Hadley can train Lila, maybe the dog can get adopted...
Author
Series
Rachel Alexander and Dash mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Walker and Co
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Rachel Alexander and Dash mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
231 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Rachel Alexander and Dash mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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