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When you wander

a search-and-rescue dog story
2013
A dog that has just graduated from "sniffing school" advises readers what to do if they become lost in the woods, and assures them that his smart nose will lead him to where they are.

Saving Sinbad!

2002
An industrious dog in an English fishing village becomes a hero when a sailboat gets caught in a storm.

Eyewitness Books: Rescue

2001
Depicts the dangerous world of the rescue services that race against time to save lives.

On the edge of survival

a shipwreck, a raging storm, and the harrowing Alaskan rescue that became a legend
2010
Chronicles the dramatic story of the December 2004 rescue of a Malaysian cargo ship that ran aground on Alaska's Aleutian Islands during a brutal storm, an effort further complicated by the crash of a Jayhawk rescue helicopter.

First response

2001
Documentary account of the response to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Towers by the New York City police, fire and medical personnel.

Rugrats go wild

2003
Presents a novelization of the 2003 feature film in which the Rugrats find themselves marooned on an island after their cruise ship sinks, and their only hope of rescue, Nigel Thornberry, has suffered an accident that leaves him speaking baby talk.

Disaster!

searches, rescues, and tragedies
1981
Accounts of the search and rescue missions that followed some of the world's most unusual disasters.

Firefighters to the rescue!

2004
Explains what firefighters are, looks at the fire station, trucks, firefighting tools and equipment, and safety apparel, and discusses the work of firefighters in different emergency situations.

Steel coffin at forty fathoms

1980
Recounts the 1939 rescue of 33 people left on a submarine sunk off the coast of New Hampshire.

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