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Rescue Tails: The Treacherous Tower

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A cute story about a girl being raised in a wolf pack. This book would appeal to younger kids who are bridging between picture books and chapter books.

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This is a wonderful story that is sure to please any animal lover. It's a fast paced story full of action and adventure.
Great read that should be in every school library.
I received a complimentary copy from HarperCollins Children's Books via NetGalley and was not required to write a review. All opinions expressed are my own.

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Stacy and her wolf, Basil, embark on a rescue mission to save a baby ocelot trapped in a ruin in a jungle.

Stacy lives with her wolf pack consisting of six wolves with supernatural powers in a cave. Milo the bat receives word that a baby ocelot needs to be rescued in the jungle. Stacy decides that Basil is the best wolf for this mission due her gift of being the fastest wolf. Their journey introduces them to animals and places not seen at home.

I enjoyed going on an animal rescue mission with Stacy and Basil while reading this book. The author also provides information about various animals along her journey. This is a fun way for kids to learn about animals while enjoying a good read. A charming book and highly recommended.

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An awesome journey/adventure rescue by a famous gamer, youtube, and author of the Wild Rescuer series.

In this first volume, we're following Stacy who lives with a pack of very intelligent and tightly skilled wolves for four days to rescue an animal in the Rain Forest.

All the wolves of her pack have special abilities and are very smart. One even helped her with math and makes her breakfast and she understands them all. Their job is to rescue animals in danger all over the world.

It's a fast-paced story with lots of action and adventure. We visit the Pantanal and the Rain Forest and learn all sorts of amazing facts about the local fauna and flora. The chapters are presented as journal entries or log updates and it's fun because it looks as if she is reporting to us. She also illustrates what she sees and the illustrator has done great work with expressions and humor.

Very educational. I love frogs and learned a lot of new facts about a particular one. The book also focuses on awareness of environmental problems, and in specific makes sure we understand that it's not good to catch and take animals from one biome to another because it will cause harm.

All is spiced with a bit of adventure in the ruins, solving puzzles to avoid traps, being chased by predators, and saving the day. A very cool rescuing team that teaches us much and has a very confident main character who knows is doing her share for the planet.

Great cover and a series to follow. Perfect for nature lovers.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for the Arc. My opinions are my own and honest.

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I would like to thank the author and Netgalley for allowing me the chance to read this free ARC first.

This was a wonderful book! My 9-year-old daughter and I read this together, and she didn't want to put it down. The author did a wonderful job incorporating facts that were both fascinating and educational. The illustrations were wonderful, and a sweet touch that any fan/child would admire. My daughter felt an instant connection to the main character and found her journey to be exciting and well-paced.
My daughter is absolutely in love with this book, and has requested we add it to our library once it is published. She is already re-reading it for a second time. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is not only a fan of Minecraft and the author, but who is looking for an enchanting and clean book for their child to devour over the weekend.

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This was such a cute read! This was a fun, short book about a girl who lives with a family of wolves. She and her wolf family rescue other animals who are stuck in dangerous situations.
Her wolves have different abilities and human-like emotions.
I love how this book focuses on helping kids learn more about nature and animals. It’s written very simply, so an elementary schooler could understand it. The harder words are explained as well, so a lot of new vocabulary will be learned.
The story is written in a diary style, and it’s engaging and exciting. I think it definitely is geared towards younger kids, so I would recommend it to middle school or younger. They’re trying to rescue animals, so some of the situations are dangerous but not scary at all. Pick this one up if you love animal stories and adventure!

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the publisher through Netgalley. All views expressed are only my honest opinion, a positive review was not required.

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I loved this book so much. I loved all the drawings inside this book, and how knowledgeable the main charter was. She loved going to the library and learn more about the animals and where she would go on her next rescue, All the wolves that raised her had their own power which was interesting. I would have loved too seen more on them and how they got their powers.

I didn't like the fact that she cared what her bully thought about her. She didn't in the end realize who cares what she thins, but she was in the middle of the rain forest and was thinking about her. Also didn't like that the Author always would say her bully's full name.

I would fully recommend this book and read it to your kids if you have kids.

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This was a fun intro to a new series by Stacy Plays. My daughter (9yo) really enjoyed the first two books from her last series and was so excited when I told her a new series was coming out. So the ability to share this book with her was especially fun. After we read the book I asked her some review style questions.

Her review:

It was awesome! My favorite part was seeing the pictures of the baby ocelot. My favorite animals in the book were the Jaguar & the baby ocelot.
I think she should stand up to the bully, that’s what I would do.
When asked what biome she would research: I would research where koalas live and I think it would be cool to have a book based on their habitat.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

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This was a really fun and quick read. I might not be the primary target, but I do enjoy the occasional children’s book.

I enjoyed the story and appreciated the amount of information/facts it contained. However I was not fully absorbed in it. I know it being a children’s book means the story doesn’t have to make complete sense or be logical, so that wasn’t an issue. The adventure itself didn’t offer the excitement I would expect. I also agree with a previous mention that stated she couldn’t get a feel of the main character. She worried too much about how she could potentially be viewed by her classmate as well(could be because she is getting to an age where that might matter more?).

Overall I did enjoy this read and will still give other books in this series a chance. I especially enjoyed the wolves and the sketches in the book.

Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins Publishers for allowing me the opportunity to read this story..

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Rescue Tales: the Treacherous Tower is a perfect read for middle grade readers. I loved the fact that our main character, Stacy, lives with wolves and rescues animals all over the world. She usually travels with one of her six supernatural-ability wolves (all six at once would be conspicuous).

Major Rescuers Down Under vibes. The illustrations were absolutely beautiful and I really enjoyed this. I loved the vocabulary words and definitions. I will be pre-ordering this book for a friend!

Thank you NetGalley and to the publisher for this ARC.

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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this digital advanced copy. This book is about a girl raised by wolves who rescues animals. I haven't read any of the other books in the series, and I found it hard to connect to. As a child and as an adult, I'm usually a sucker for a middle grade book about animals, but I couldn't connect to the protagonist.

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This was an absolute delight of a story. Rescue Tails continues with the same characters as the previous WildRescuers as Stacy goes on an adventure to save a baby ocelot in the rainforest. The story here is focused, short, informative, and beautifully illustrated. I think children will love both the illustrations and the journal format, as it’s written in a easily consumable format.
On top of that I learned new things! I consider myself pretty on top of animal and nature facts, I’ve always been an outdoorsy type of person. This managed to keep the information presented here fresh and had new information even for me! In fact, I’ll likely be following the series. This would be one that will age well for my own children in a few years, and it was a super fun read for me!
Overall a great new nature based adventure story for girls or boys. If you like reading these as an adult I’d even recommend it as well. As I stated, it’s fast, fun, and beautiful. A great new entry for young readers!

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I had enjoyed StacyPlays' previous series a lot and was excited that they were continuing writing. This had what I was hoping for from the previous series and had a maturity from it. The characters were what I was hoping for and worked in this setting. I loved the fantasy elements in this and it was what I was hoping for. I can't wait for this series to continue and from this author.

"Good news . . . we’re alive! This would be a pretty sad journal if that wasn’t the case. Yep, we finally made it out of the chamber—and I have Basil to thank for it. She traced our steps back to the trip-wire trap and followed the string over to the wall that it fed into. I went over to her and inspected what she’d found. I reached my hand into a crevice in the wall and, sure enough, there was a lever!"

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