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STARLIGHT ANIMAL RESCUE by Dandi Daley Mackall
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Fast Facts
- Starlight Animal Rescue takes care of both neglected animals and unwanted boys and girls.
- Dr. Annie Coolidge is an oncologist surgeon at a nearby hospital.
- Mr. Popeye Coolidge is a farmer, fireman and stay-at-home dad.
- Hank is the Coolidges’ only natural child.
- Kat is the Coolidges’ foster daughter, soon to be adopted, who suffers from cancer.
- Wes is an African American teen from the South Side of Chicago whose mom is a drug addict.
- Dakota is a teen runaway who finally decides to make the Coolidges’ farm her home.
- Winnie the Horse Gentler and Catman email the Coolidge farm often to give the teens advice on how to care for their animals.
- Dakota has a natural gift for working with horses, Wes has a knack for training dogs, and Kat loves cats and kittens.
- George (Georgette) Coolidge is Popeye’s feisty mom who tries to enlist the teens in her wild schemes at the Nice Manor for the elderly.
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