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Katje, the windmill cat
by Gretchen Woelfle
When a dike that holds back the sea breaks during a violent storm, flooding a little Dutch town, Nico's baby is saved by his heroic cat, Katje, in a tale based on a true story.
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Brave Norman : a true story
by Andrew Clements
Norman, a blind Labrador retriever, saves a girl from drowning in the ocean, in an exciting true story for beginning readers retold in simple language.
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Tara and Tiree, fearless friends : a true story
by Andrew Clements
While walking his two dogs, Tara and Tiree, on a frozen lake, Jim falls through the ice and Tiree falls in as well when she tries to rescue him, forcing Tara to find a way to save them both, in a riveting true story.
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Ellie's story : a dog's purpose novel
by W. Bruce Cameron
Helping to find lost children and accident victims after being trained as a search-and-rescue dog, Ellie discovers an additional purpose by bringing help and comfort to her handlers, the widowed Jakob and lonely Maya. By the best-selling author of A Dog's Journey.
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Togo
by Kate Klimo
When a diphtheria epidemic breaks out in 1925 Nome, Alaska, 20 dog-sled teams risk their lives to deliver essential serum to the isolated region, including 12-year-old Togo and his musher, Leonard Seppala, who face brutal conditions and carry the serum for double the length of the other teams.
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Muttley
by Ellen Miles
At first, Muttley the mutt seems wild and untrainable but he quickly becomes a hero when he smells smoke in the Peterson's house and rescues the family.
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The great serum race : blazing the Iditarod Trail
by Debbie S. Miller
Relates the story of the heroic role played by sled dogs, including the Siberian husky Togo, in the delivery of antitoxin serum to those stricken with diphtheria in 1925 Nome, and includes historical notes about the event as well as about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race which commemorates it.
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Stubby the war dog : the true story of World War I 's bravest dog
by Ann Bausum
Documents the heroic wartime achievements of a World War I mascot who was adopted by a soldier as an orphaned pup and who gained military honors and a display in the Smithsonian Institution for his brave service behind enemy lines. By the award-winning author of Muckrakers.
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