Mason, Jane B

Lucia, an eigth grader at Memorial Middle School, is not looking forward to the school's first-ever boy-girl party, and wouldn't be going at all if her best friend hadn't invited her--but when she meets Adesh, she starts thinking a boy-girl party might not be so bad.

"When Dusty, starving and sick, is picked up on the side of the highway after losing his pack, he's lucky to be alive. The tiny Chihuahua is small enough to fit in two hands and needs special care to be nursed back to health before he can be adopted out to a forever family. Dusty recovers at the Sterling Center, where they train Search and Rescue dogs. Though the Sterlings don't think a dog as small as Dusty can do the tireless work of a SAR dog, an undeterred Dusty shows them that heart and determination matter most. Still, when a massive earthquake hits and lives are at risk, even Dusty has to wonder . . . does he have what it takes to get the job done?"--Amazon.com.

"Jet is a border collie puppy tired of feeling hungry and lonely. He's tired of the collar that yanks at his neck and the leash that makes things worse. When his owners move away and leave him tied up in the backyard, it seems like Jet is running out of time. When Jet is saved by a home inspector, he's taken to the Sterling Center, where he shows all the classic signs of a great rescue dog, but he's terrified of the leash. When a plane goes down in the wilderness and a snowstorm is moving in, will Jet be able to overcome his fear in time to become a hero?"--Amazon.

Audrey is not sure how to get to know Mailee, the new girl in school, so she secretly circulates a notebook with space to comment on all the sixth-grade girls.

"After Ember is saved from a house fire, she is brought to the Sterling family, who run a ranch that trains rescue dogs"--OCLC.

Most of the sixth graders at Memorial Middle School are all a-flutter about the beginning-of-the-school-year, boy-girl party, but not Lucia, who is put off by all the talk about what to wear, and who to date; however, when she gets to know Adesh (the boy who sits on her favorite bench in the park), she starts thinking that there might be something to this dating thing after all.

"Most of the sixth graders at Memorial Middle School are all a-flutter about the beginning-of-the-school-year, boy-girl party, but not Lucia, who is put off by all the talk about what to wear, and who to date--however, when she gets to know Adesh (the boy who sits on her favorite bench in the park), she starts thinking that there might be something to this dating thing after all"--Provided by publisher.