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The Rescue (2009)

by Nicholas Edwards(Favorite Author)

4.25 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0312367686 (ISBN13: 9780312367688)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Square Fish

series

Dog Whisperer

review 1: Emily has dreams of drowning. Night after night, she's being sucked under---until the third night. She realizes it's not just a dream. It's really happening to someone---or something. On the rocky shore outside her house, Emily finds a large dog. He's barely alive, but she's determined to save him. She can feel his pain---and his determination to live. The dog is brought to the vet. And with Emily's help, he starts to improve. But is the bond between the girl and her dog something more? She can see what he sees, feel what he feels. And Zach seems to be able to read her mind, too. Is it possible that together, Emily and Zach can do more than read each other's minds? Can they turn their powers to helping other people?
review 2: Mommy's review from 1/18/12 - It to... moreok us almost a month to finish this, mainly because we were reading one to two chapters before bed and that wasn't each night. The Rescue is for kids older than my daughter. She's about 6, she turns 7 in September, and she loved the entire book but I wouldn't actually recommend it for a child that age. I would however, recommend it for preteens, teens and even adults as I lived it just as much as Julia did.Edwards did a great job of getting the main character, a young adopted girl, down perfectly. The issue of adoption, along with the issue Emily has with being mixed and not knowing her birth family's history make for exciting side stories. Emily's adoptive parents are both white and the family lives in an area not populated by many non-whites so issues arise once or twice about that also.A great thing is the author doesn't harp on this or that so young people won't feel they're being spoken down to or that they have to learn anything.The worst I can say about the book is that the cover doesn't match. The cover leads readers to believe that what's portrayed is Emily finding this dog after he's washed ashore. Yet not only does the dog appear totally fine but he's not even wet or sandy. This happens in the very early morning in battering rain. Not so on the cover. Emily has been out in the pouring rain, crawling through mud, after having just woken up from a nightmare but on the cover she's perfect.Not a huge issue but an issue nonetheless. If we're going to take the time to have covers shouldn't they show what's really happened? I can't think of any reason why this was done this way.Anyhow, it's a great story with a surprise twist at the end that we weren't expecting. (Well, I was. I had skipped ahead a bit.)Apparently there's another Dog Whisperer book so I'm going to have to get that for us to read soon. I don't remember if these are old or new but I'm hoping it's the latter so more may possibly be published. less

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