Ruby Sisson Library

"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her." --

"The author of the New York Times bestselling I Survived series shares four thrilling true stories of animals who have faced disaster--and come through. You'll meet courageous animals and also inspiring humans who show how we can help protect the creatures who share our precious Earth. Includes real-life stories about: the pigeon hero of World War I; two captured dolphins and the hero who helped them return to the sea; 20,000 penguins saved from an...

On May 13, 1945, twenty-four American servicemen and WACs boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over "Shangri-La," a beautiful and mysterious valley deep within the jungle-covered mountains of Dutch New Guinea. Unlike the peaceful Tibetan monks of James Hilton's bestselling novel Lost Horizon, this Shangri-La was home to spear-carrying tribesmen, warriors rumored to be cannibals.But the pleasure tour became an unforgettable battle for survival...

True stories of life-saving rescues and extricating the bodies of those less fortunate providing intimate snapshots of what goes on inside the rescuer's heart and mind.

Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When Lizzie goes up to the mountains with her best friend, Maria, the girls think that they're going to get a break from their dog-walking business. But then Zipper shows up and Lizzie can't resist helping this adorable pup!

In 1919, itinerant schoolteacher Morrie Morgan journeys to Butte in the hopes of making his fortune in copper mining but finds instead a rich assortment of local characters before an encounter with a former student leads to a violent union uprising.

"After two and a half years of ISIS occupation, and months of fighting between the militants and government forces, the Mosul Zoo was one of the few outdoor attractions still standing in Iraq's second city, its inhabitants kept alive by Abu Laith, a square-set 50-something mechanic and passionate animal lover. As the animals began to starve under the siege by advancing Iraqi army forces, Abu Laith, the "Father of Lions" and his protégées and family...

The PAW Patrol returns to the Dino Wilds for a roaring rescue! Mayor Humdinger is stuck on a runaway Brachiosaurus and a T-Rex is chomping everything in sight! Then, a Turbot family sightseeing expedition turns into a wild ride and more!

The year following Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed the Pet Evacuation and Transportation and Safety (PETS) Act. The Act required state and local jurisdictions to have a plan in place for the evacuation and sheltering of household pets and service animals in order to receive Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimbursement. The PETS Act codified the lessons learned during Hurricane Katrina that saving pets in times of disaster also saves...

Chanticleer Dante Rossetti Awards 2014 - Official Finalist. Bagging a killer should have been the end of it, but it was only the beginning. Young tracker Mackenzie Crow, working at his uncle's bounty hunting business, is ambivalent when an old flame pleads for help. His intuition tells him to scram and not look back, but Mac's conscience won't allow him to say 'no' to finding a lost child in the woods. Not sure where he stands with Kailee, Mac soon...