Read Series: Vet Volunteers
by Author Laurie Halse Anderson
Manatee Blues (2000)
Vet Volunteers: Manatee BluesLaurie Halse AndersonBrenna, Maggie, and Zoe were on vacation with Maggie and Zoe's gran. She took Brenna and her grand kids to Florida, to help manatees. Gran's real name is J.J. Mackenzie, but the kids call her Dr. Mac. In the story, they go to an animal rescue cent...
Storm Rescue (2001)
A hurricane hits Ambler, leaving Lucy -- a diabetic cat that Sunita sits for -- stranded in a flood. Can Sunita overcome her fear of water and swim to her rescue?
Say Good-Bye (2001)
12/17/10pg. 112jane found out that her beautiful dog yum yum has cancer and put him down since he was already 13. and that the cancer was untreatableand that if they did expencive surgury it would only give him a couple extra months to live. so yum yum was put to sleep. I know how it is to have a...
Fear of Falling (2001)
I picked this book up on a whim-I'm a huge fan of Anderson's writing and I'm a horse fanatic, so I figured what could be better? From a horse standpoint, its actually one of the better equine stories out there. Horses in books are a pet peeve of mine because the majority of the time they are de...
End of the Race (2002)
Young readers will not encounter great literary achievement with this series. Vet Volunteers are quickie paperbacks directed toward animal-loving ‘tween’ girls. While the Vet books contain more depth regarding animal issues than most books of their ilk, they still often fall frustratingly short o...
Fight for Life (2000)
This book is enlightening. It's so happy and sada. In this book, it's about this character named Maggie. Maggie is trying to save ten puppies who have been abused at a puppy mill and eight survived. Maggie wants to track the place but Gran has other ideas. Gran banned her from the clinic until sh...
Time to Fly (2002)
I really liked the image of a flock of parrots living in the trees of an eastern town. It would be a great thing to see. Zoe tracks down their origin just as her mother returns to bring her home. Another good animal story from a great series!
Trickster (2008)
David is a great kid who can’t seem to do anything right. He loves to cut corners. David volunteers with Dr. Mac. David had an experience at Mr. Quinn’s ranch last year that made it so he couldn’t be around horses. In this book, he has a chance to redeem himself. He finds challenges along th...
Homeless (2000)
Vet Volunteers: Fight for LifeLaurie Halse AndersonMaggie is a dog lover, she happens to live in a vet clinic, run by J.J. Mackenzie, her veterinarian grandmother. She loves to help but sick pups are piling up! There is a puppy mill! A puppy mill is a place where people sell sick puppies on purpo...
Teacher's Pet (2001)
Maggie is dreading the new school year until she meets Scout, her science teacher's new guide dog. She soon discovers that her teacher, Mr. Carlson, isn't really used to letting Scout guide and protect him. So Maggie helps them adjust to each other as she learns to adjust to middle school. But ju...