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Self Help Woofs: Books About Dogs
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Dogchild
by Kevin Brooks
Rehumanized after being raised by the wild dogs that killed his parents, Jeet grapples with discrimination, identity issues and his sense of humanity in a wasteland world shaped by war and starvation, before his human clan prepares for an ultimate battle against larger enemy forces. Simultaneous eBook.
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Me & Mr. Cigar
by Gibby Haynes
Seventeen-year-old Oscar Lester and his dog/supernatural companion, Mr. Cigar, eager to avoid nefarious forces that are after Mr. Cigar, speed to New York where Oscar's twenty-two-year-old sister, Carla, is being held hostage.
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Checked
by Cynthia Kadohata
To help his dog through cancer treatment, Conor gives up hockey and finds himself considering who he is without the sport that has defined him, and connecting more with his family and best friend.
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The unexpected everything
by Morgan Matson
Following a carefully circumscribed life involving friendship, staying out of her Congressman father's way and pursuing acceptance at a top-tier college, Andie loses an important internship in the face of a political scandal and is forced to reconsider relationships she previously avoided. Simultaneous eBook.
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Charming as a verb
by Ben Philippe
Henri "Halti" Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University. There is only one person who seems immune to Henri's charms: his "intense" classmate and neighbor Corinne Troy. When she uncovers Henri's less-than-honest dog-walking scheme, she blackmails him into helping her change her image at school. Henri agrees, seeing a potential upside for himself. Soon what started as a mutual hustle turns into something more surprising than either of them ever bargained for ...
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Rotten
by Michael Northrop
When troubled sixteen-year-old Jimmer "JD" Dobbs returns from a mysterious summer "upstate" he finds that his mother has adopted an abused Rottweiler that JD names Johnny Rotten, but soon his tenuous relationship with the dog is threatened.
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When Mr. Dog bites
by Brian Conaghan
A debut American release by an author from Dublin follows the story of Tourette's sufferer Dylan Mint, who struggles to control difficult tics in the hope of living a relatively normal life only to receive a crushing diagnosis that compels him to fulfill an ambitious bucket list.
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Elatsoe
by Darcie Little Badger
Imagine an America very similar to our own. This America been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples. Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes. But she is going to do more than pry.
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Your Heart, My Sky : Love in a Time of Hunger
by Margarita Engle
Coming of age against a backdrop of Cuba’s “Special Peacetime” severe economic depression, Liana is emboldened by starvation to skip a summer of forced farm labor and team up with a quiet boy and a mysterious dog to search for alternate food sources.
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Doomsday with my dog. 1
by Yu Isihara
A single teenage girl journeys through the crumbling ruins of civilization--the last human on Earth, exploring the concrete jungle that has outlived mankind. Keeping her company is woman's best friend--the ever-adorable and quick-witted Shiba Inu Haru, who is ready to stick with her through thick and thin! With such a pleasant conversation partner to keep the postapocalyptic doldrums at bay, the end of the world might not be so bad after all!
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Whistle : a new Gotham City hero
by E. Lockhart
While hosting E. Nigma’s glamorous private poker nights with Gotham City’s elites to afford medical treatments for her mother, Willow is attacked by one of Gotham’s most horrific villains and wakes up with powers she never dreamed of. Original. Illustrations.
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Evil thing : a Villains graphic novel
by Serena Valentino
This story of Cruella De Vil, told in her own words, reveals her best friends, true loves and daring dreams, in a first graphic novel adaptation of the New York Times best-selling Villains series. Simultaneous. Illustrations.
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