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Stella

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By McCall Hoyle
Publisher Shadow Mountain
Stella
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Description An uplifting and poignant story about a former service beagle named Stella who must find the courage to overcome her fears and use her special nose to save a girls life. Ever since Stella was a puppy, she was trained to use her powerful beagle nose to sniff out chemicals used in explosives and warn her human handler in order to keep people safe. But during a routine security inspection, Stella is distracted and misses the scent of an explosive chemical. The sound of the blast is loud and scary. Stella survives but her handlerher best friend in the whole worldis gone. Stella blames herself, certain shes a bad dog. Scared of loud noises, especially thunder and fireworks, Stella struggles with her anxiety and must be retired from being a service animal....

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35602 words35,602 words
176 pages176 pages
Lexile 810L Lexile 810L
Published 2021Published 2021

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Book ISBN:

9781629729015

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