Patrick Jennings
1) Guinea dog
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Guinea dog volume 1
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When his mother brings home a guinea pig instead of the dog he has always wanted, fifth-grader Rufus is not happy--until the rodent starts acting exactly like a dog.
2) Guinea dog 3
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Guinea dog volume 3
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When Rufus, Murphy, Lurena, and their pets go camping, they meet Pedro, a shy boy who seems afraid of just about everything especially the water. One thing leads to another and the kids go into a nearby town to buy him a pet to cheer him up?a guinea pig, naturally. Yet what they bring home may look like a guinea pig, but it can swim like an otter!Pick up the latest installment of this award-winning, hilariously funny middle-grade series! Author Biography,...
3) Guinea dog 2
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Guinea dog volume 2
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"The laughs continue when Fido, the guinea pig that thinks she's a dog, has a pup that thinks she's a squirrel. A sequel to Guinea Dog"--
When his classmates learn about Fido, the guinea pig that acts like a dog, they all want a piece of Rufus, her owner. But Rufus hates the attention, and decides to make Fido learn how to be an actual guinea pig. But when she goes missing, he feels terrible. Was she lost, or did she run away, because he no longer...
7) Dognap
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When dogs go missing, one boy will find out why.
And the answer is out of this world.
Nothing gets past Logan. When he observes that the neighborhood's dogs are mysteriously vanishing, he suspects nothing less than a full-scale alien dognapping invasion. The adults don't believe him, of course, so he enlists his friends to investigate and soon they make a shocking discovery.
Now man's best friend needs help. Fast.
8) Hissy Fitz
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Publisher
Egmont Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Hissy, a sleep-deprived British shorthair in the extremely noisy Fitz household, recounts his frustrating day trying to find a place to sleep where people--particularly an annoying three-year-old human--will not bother him.
9) Bat and Rat
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012
Description
One night at the Hotel Midnight, the lyrics written and sung by jazz musician Rat are those inspired by his friendship with Bat, who plays the piano and writes the tunes.
12) Lucky cap
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Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Enzo starts middle school after an amazing summer trip with his father, a new manager at a popular sporting goods company, with a prototype baseball cap that seems to bring Enzo popularity and success.
13) The Beastly Arms
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Eleven-year-old Nickel, a boy with a great affinity for both animals and photography, moves into an apartment building run by the strange and mysterious Mr. Beastly and discovers a secret about the other tenants.
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Ike and Mem stories volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2002
Description
A tired Ike stays up all night for four nights to warn his family of any approaching tornadoes.
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Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Guinea dog: When his mother brings home a guinea pig instead of the dog he has always wanted, fifth-grader Rufus is not happy--until the rodent starts acting exactly like a dog.
Guinea dog 2: When his classmates learn about Fido, the guinea pig that acts like a dog, they all want a piece of Rufus, her owner. But Rufus hates the attention, and decides to make Fido learn how to be an actual guinea pig. But when she goes missing, he feels terrible....
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Series
Ike and Mem stories volume 5
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Ike feels bad about not saying anything to neighborhood bully Dave when Dave insists on killing lightning bugs to separate their glowing parts from their bodies to make "lightning rings" for the other children's fingers.