Maggie’s grandmother runs an animal clinic, Dr. Mac’s place, so Maggie knows her way around animals who are in danger. when she learns that the abused and sick puppies flooding the clinic are from an illegal puppy mill, she knows that she has to find out who’s running it, where it is—and save the rest of the dogs.
Fight for Life #1: Vet Volunteers Series, Book 1
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Gr. 4^-6, younger for reading aloud. This first volume of the Wild at Heart series, a spin-off of the popular American Girl stories, features 11-year-old Maggie, who has been raised by her grandmother since her parents were killed in a car accident. Gran is a veterinarian who owns the Wild at Heart Animal Clinic, where Maggie is a volunteer. The plot centers on a crisis involving 10 sick puppies brought to Gran's clinic. Maggie suspects that they all came from the same place--a puppy mill. With the help of other teen volunteers at the clinic, she sets out to find the person who's behind the mill and shut it down. Maggie's first-person narrative describes the veterinary procedures in simple language and builds suspense in the key adventure scenes. But it is Maggie's portrayal of her grandmother as a feisty, capable vet that will stick in readers' minds. The other teen volunteers introduced in this story each get a turn to shine in upcoming books in the series. Lauren Peterson
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This book is really cool, expecially if you like animals and I love animals! It tells about how Maggi, Sunita, David, Brenna, and her cuz Zoe help out at the vet clinic with Gran. They keep getting sick puppies and find the puppy mill where the puppies are coming from. It's a really good book, but kind of sad. You have to read this book if you like amimals, or even if you don't! My mom and sister even likes them a little.
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I really enjoyed Fight for Life because Laurie Halse Anderson did a great job describing the life of an emergency vet. The adrenalline rush when two litters of new-born pups are brought in and need extreme intensive care, but you are one person and can only handle one puppy at a time. The urge for help has definitely risen.
The best part of this book is extended over about four chapters. Maddie is in the care of her grandmother who is also an emergency vet. Maddie is instructed to help whenever she is needed, but is put on 'house-probation' until her school grades are brought back up. A group of school fiends have come to help them when two boxes of puppies, all from the same litter, are brought in malnourished and dehydrated. Maddie is informed that the puppies are from a 'puppy mill'. 'Puppy mill' is a slang term for a place where a person, usually a farmer, breeds dogs fore the least amount of money in care and under terrible living conditions. Now Maddie and her friends are on a mission: find the farmer. And there is NOTHING to stop her.
The most vivid scene described in this book was the resolution when the cops arrested the mill owner and the kids ventured into the mill to see the animals. It was easy to picture the dirty cages, dry water bowls, and tiny,cramped spaces. The most used setting in the book was the emergency vet office. All of the cluttered rooms stacked high in papers. This book was the most intense book I have ever read.
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You have to fight for your life, when you are VERY sick! Maggie and her grandmother, Dr. Mac start getting in sick puppies from a puppy mill that dont have any shots or ANY THING! Suddendly Maggie gets grounded from working at the clinic to bring her grades up! Dr. Mac lets other people work there, David, Sunata, Brenna, and her cousin Zoe! Now Maggie feels very left out, and those puppies keep coming in! Maggie feels its up to her to get that guy selling sick puppies in jail!
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A really cool book!
This book is really cool, expecially if you like animals and I love animals! It tells about how Maggi, Sunita, David, Brenna, and her cuz Zoe help out at the vet clinic with Gran. Read more
Published on Jan 12 2003
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Fight for Life
This is a very exciting and interesting book. It's about an 11 year old girl that lives with her grandmother, Dr. MacKenzie or Dr. Read more
Published on Mar 27 2002
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Do you know what it's like to be a vet volunteer?
This book is the 1st book of a series called Wild At Heart. It is about a girl who lives with her Grandma and her Grandma is a vet. Read more
Published on Feb 7 2002
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Wild at Heart
I absolutely LOVE any Wild at Heart Books, and I can never put them down. I would strongly suggest that you buy this book for you, friend, or a family member. Read more
Published on Sep 9 2001 by Cassie
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Very Good
This book was about a girl who's grandmother is a vet. Ten sick puppies come in needing help.The people who got them got them all at the same place. Read more
Published on Jun 15 2001
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If you love dogs this is the book for you
This is a great book for dog lovers. Maggie works at a pet office and she is banded for it do to her school work. She knows that the puppy mill must be stopped. Read more
Published on Feb 6 2001 by Alex
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Read This Book!
I highly recommend that you read this book everyone because it is funny, realistic, and sad. Laurie Halse Anderson makes this book very realistic. Read more
Published on Dec 5 2000
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Best Book Award! Inspirational!
This book was both interesting and exciting. When you read this book, you will think of all the dogs that came from puppy mills. Read more
Published on Nov 26 2000
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Puppy Love for Summer
This story, of a 13-year-old girl and her grandmother, who is a veterinarian, focuses mainly on puppies. Read more
Published on Aug 25 2000
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