wildlife rescue

When Will finds a bird with a broken wing, he takes it home and cares for it, hoping in time it will be able to return to the sky.

Mia is spending her summer with her grandmother in a small Maine town, expecting it to be an oasis of stability in her changing life, but there is a new know-it-all boy next door, and soon she finds herself competing with Cayman in identifying an injured bird of prey--and pretty much everything else.

"When an oil-covered penguin washes up in Brazil, Seu Jo?ao saves its life. The man and penguin become friends, and the penguin won't return to the wild"--Provided by publisher.

After a summer of tagging sharks off the west coast of Florida, Sabina, Maribel, and Luke have a new assignment: searching for "survivor trees" that are resistant to the disease that is destroying the state's citrus trees; the search takes them to the remote mangrove islands of Sanibel Island, where they discover Spanish oranges, a grave, an immense saltwater crocodile, a reclusive woman who believes that the ghost of a dead king, beheaded by Spanish explorers, is haunting her, and her neighbor who is involved in the illegal reptile trade--and in their effort to protect the woman and her animals they are soon plunged into a struggle for survival.

"When the Aldens take up the case to investigate if a catastrophic oil spill that affected hundreds of species could have been prevented, they are led on an adventure to help other endangered animals around the world"--OCLC.

"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"--Provided by publisher.

After discovering Wind Rider, an abandoned magical sailboat, Max and Sofia arrive on a beach in Hawaii where, with new friend Laila, they rescue newly-hatched sea turtles. Includes facts about sea turtles.

"The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are capable of astonishing feats. They are also incredibly vulnerable when they first emerge from their eggs. Brenda Sherburn LaBelle rescues abandoned hummingbirds and nurses them until they can fly away and live in the wild"--OCLC.

"What starts out as a day at a carnival and a ride on the flying swings for Callie and her friend Gabriel ends up becoming an adventure for Callie when she is magically whisked away to Texas, where she finds an abandoned barn owlet"--Provided by publisher.

The Deepwater Horizon disaster sent millions of barrels of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico--straight into the water that is home to countless animals. The oil quickly coated the wings of the brown pelican, putting this already endangered species into even more risk. How were these animals rescued? Find out about the brave scientists who saved the oil-soaked birds in this graphic adventure of animal escapes. Then, learn more about other oil spills that threatened sea life around the world.