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No pets are allowed in the apartment where Suzannah and her family live, so she volunteers at a local pet shelter and plays with the dogs and cats there--but when a child whose family is moving brings in her pet guinea pig, Jelly Bean, Suzannah promises that she will find him the perfect home.

Josie is timid at school, comfortable at home, and confident when she and her dog Clementine are volunteering at the pediatric ward of the local hospital; Oscar is acting out and in trouble at school, miserable at home, and forced to volunteer as a punishment; Gabby is popular at school, but her perfect life is threatened because she is hiding a dangerous medical condition--but at the hospital the three children are brought together by Clementine...

"This weekend at Mountain Bluff Zoo, Katy and Micah get to help out at the nursery. Caring for cuddly baby animals is a dream assignment! They learn that one of the zoo's tigers is expected to give birth any day. But they'll get to care for the babies only if the tiger mom cannot. On the one hand, it would be so fun to hold and feed baby tigers! On the other hand, it would be sad if the tiger mom couldn't care for her babies. Kathy and Micah aren't...

"This weekend at Mountain Bluff Zoo, Katy and Micah get to help the bongo keeper. The kids have never heard of a bongo before, but they are quickly smitten with the gentle, striped antelope. Sadly, they also learn that the species is almost extinct in the wild. In fact, there are more bongos in zoos than there are in all the forests of Africa. The kids want to help protect these animals. Can Katy and Micah find a way to raise awareness about the endangered...

"In this high-interest novel for middle readers, Shivani is horrified when her mother volunteers to cook traditional Indian food for her school's annual fundraiser."--

"Middie Daniels is torn between the memory of her missing boyfriend, Nate, and Nate's brooding best friend Lee"-- "After graduating [from] high school Middie Daniel's boyfriend, Nate, heads to Central America for a year of volunteering. When he returns, he'll come back to Roseburg, Oregon, so that he and Middie can leave -- together. But tragedy strikes and Nate disappears, and no one seems to understand just how lost Maddie is -- except for Nate's...

"¿Podrá Lety encontrar su voz antes de que sea demadiado tarde?" -- Back cover. La lengua maternal de Lety Muñoz es el español, y a ella le gusta pasar el tiempo juntando palabras. También le gusta hacer de voluntaria en el refugio de animales, porque a los perros y gatos no les importa que a veces ella no encuentre la palabra apropiada. When Lety jumps at the chance to write animal profiles for the Furry Friends Animal Shelter, she is forced...