Describes how rescue teams use vehicles, equipment, and animals to bring people to safety after natural disasters and accidents in space and at sea, and how relief organizations help supply needed clothing, food, and medical care.

"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--

When a landslide traps Kirstie inside Dead Man's Canyon with a herd of wild horses, she must find a way to help their injured leader, a stallion hurt by the falling rocks, and find her own way out.

Welcome to Animal Rescue Friends, where any stray can find a friendly face--furry or otherwise. This first collection of middle-grade comics includes five tales of found family: A lonely girl living in the suburbs finds happiness with a stray pit bull; a protective mama ferret and her six kits learn to trust a shelter volunteer; a shy boy stands up for himself with the help of a strong-willed bunny; a cantankerous cat helps to mend a troubled relationship;...

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

Santa Paws and the Callahan family are spending Christmas on a sunny Florida island. While the family tries to enjoy their vacation, Santa Paws is hard at work saving the day.

When a stranger arrives in town claiming to be the real owner of Becca's zorse, the Curious Cat Spy Club investigates to uncover the truth and find out if the zorse had been previously abused.

Uncle Shawn needs rescuing. The evil Dr. P'Klawz wants to squish all the unusualness out of the world. And he's noticed that Uncle Shawn is quite unusual. Pajimminy-crimminy unusual, in fact. Thanks goodness Badger Bill won't let anything bad happen to his best friend! He's never rescued anyone before, but he's not alone. He has four arguing llamas, a pirate boy, an invisible girl and lots of spiders to help him.

Tells the stories of several thousand Jewish children rescued from Nazi Germany during World War II and brought to new homes in the United Kingdom.

Arriving in Sri Lanka to find an extremely rare Pondicherry shark, 12-year-old Adrianna Villalobos and her family discover that it is the main attraction in a restaurant aquarium and must convince the restaurant's owners to release it back into the wild.