Lorentz, Dayna

Twelve-year-old Gabe is in emotional turmoil after feeling the effects of his parents' money woes and seeing his best friends begin to hang out with other kids on their soccer team. When he finally gets the chance to hang out with his friends again, he hopes to impress them by shooting off fireworks that he steals from a local store. When the fireworks ignite, they cause a fire in the woods near his house and damage several acres of land. Gabe is blamed for the fire and must help clean up the mess he caused through a court order. While working in the ravaged fields, Gabe encounters a coyote named Rill, who also is going through his own difficulties with his family, but now is injured from the fire and can't return to them. As he works in the area, Gabe realizes the consequences of his actions, dedicating himself to helping Rill recover, and in the process discovering a new friend.

A baby great horned owl, Second, so called because his sister, First, is already out of the nest, is reluctant to hunt for himself, but when his mother is injured he is forced out into the forest. Maureen is a human girl pulled out of her grandmother's violent home and placed with an aunt--but her Aunt Beatrice is involved in falconry and runs a mews where injured raptors can heal, and it is here Maureen and Second (now called Rufus) meet and learn how to heal each other.

"With the power cut and the quarantined mall thrown into darkness, teens Shay, Marco, Lexi, Ryan, and Ginger must change in order to survive, and, when the doors finally open, they may not like what they've become"--Provided by publisher.

Shep the German shepherd is confused when his family leaves him behind when a hurricane forces them to evacuate, but after his food runs out another dog convinces him to explore the city which is full of adventure and danger.

"With the power cut and the quarantined mall thrown into darkness, teens Shay, Marco, Lexi, Ryan, and Ginger must change in order to survive, and, when the doors finally open, they may not like what they've become"--Provided by publisher.

Teens Marco, Shay, Ryan, and Lexi form new alliances in the quarantined mall-as the bodies pile up, the diease mutates, the Senator's authority is questioned, and it becomes clear there's no one to trust.

Shep the German shepherd has led his pack through the storm and all the dangers of the abandoned city, but as the humans have begun to return, Shep questions if he wants to go home or stay free.

Shep the German shepherd has been surviving without his family since they left him behind, and he has become the alpha dog of the pack he is running with, but his status is always being challenged by something.