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Miracle Pets: True Tales of Courage and Survival
Like humans, every animal possesses a survival instinct that takes over when facing a life-or-death situation. Whether that instinct is triggered by a predator or by thirst, hunger, cold, heat, pain or terror, the animal will try something, anything, to live another day. This book is a celebration of true cases of pets and wild animals that survived what appeared to be hopeless predicaments. You'll read, for example, about the survival of the dog that was hit by a train, lay between the rails for three days as dozens of trains roared over him, suffered the loss of two legs, and twice faced attempts to shoot him... the cat that was trapped for two months under a concrete floor of a building under construction... the small water buffalo that was being pulled in a tug-of-war between a crocodile and a pride of lions. If there is one common thread among the accounts in this book, it's the animals' refusal to give in to death. They simply weren't ready to die.
(From Allan Zullo's website)
(From Allan Zullo's website)
122 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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Allan Zullo
171 books113 followersAllan Zullo is an American non-fiction writer. He is the author or co-author of more than eighty paperbacks for adults and children.
A native of Rockford, Illinois, Zullo graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1969 with a degree in journalism. His books include The Baseball Hall of Shame and Baseball Confidential (both co-written with Bruce Nash), A Boomer's Guide to Grandparenting (co-written with his wife Kathryn), and the Haunted Kids series. Zullo has also written articles for The National Enquirer, The Christian Science Monitor, Ladies Home Journal, and The Palm Beach Post. His syndicated comic strip "The Ghost Story Club" ran in American newspapers from 1995 to 1998.
Zullo currently lives in Fairview, North Carolina.
A native of Rockford, Illinois, Zullo graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1969 with a degree in journalism. His books include The Baseball Hall of Shame and Baseball Confidential (both co-written with Bruce Nash), A Boomer's Guide to Grandparenting (co-written with his wife Kathryn), and the Haunted Kids series. Zullo has also written articles for The National Enquirer, The Christian Science Monitor, Ladies Home Journal, and The Palm Beach Post. His syndicated comic strip "The Ghost Story Club" ran in American newspapers from 1995 to 1998.
Zullo currently lives in Fairview, North Carolina.
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March 22, 2013
Miracle Pets: True Tales of Courage and Survival
By Allan Zullo
122 pages
Nonfiction
Miracle Pets is a book full of many true stories about animals being in a situation where all odds are against them and surviving. The stories are about your normal house pet such as a dog or cat falling off cliffs or down sewage pipes, to a baby hippo being fought over by two alligators. All the stories that are told are true and have happy endings where the animal gets healed from any injuries and finds it’s old, or gets a new loving home. All of these stories have tragic things happen but with a little help from others the animals over come it all.
I really liked this book and I think it’s great for any one who loves animals, which is most people. These stories were really inspiring because the animals could have gave up and died but all the animals in this book had a will to live and survive. My favorite story was a story about a cat which was built into a building. The cat got into a crawl space when a building was under construction and got stuck. Once the cat was heard it took two months to get her out. She survived on water droplets and moisture until people dropped food down to her. I like this the best because the people weren’t willing to give up until they saved her even if it meant two months of working and lots of money to replace what they dug out of the building. I love animals and think this is a great nonfiction book for anyone who does to.
By Allan Zullo
122 pages
Nonfiction
Miracle Pets is a book full of many true stories about animals being in a situation where all odds are against them and surviving. The stories are about your normal house pet such as a dog or cat falling off cliffs or down sewage pipes, to a baby hippo being fought over by two alligators. All the stories that are told are true and have happy endings where the animal gets healed from any injuries and finds it’s old, or gets a new loving home. All of these stories have tragic things happen but with a little help from others the animals over come it all.
I really liked this book and I think it’s great for any one who loves animals, which is most people. These stories were really inspiring because the animals could have gave up and died but all the animals in this book had a will to live and survive. My favorite story was a story about a cat which was built into a building. The cat got into a crawl space when a building was under construction and got stuck. Once the cat was heard it took two months to get her out. She survived on water droplets and moisture until people dropped food down to her. I like this the best because the people weren’t willing to give up until they saved her even if it meant two months of working and lots of money to replace what they dug out of the building. I love animals and think this is a great nonfiction book for anyone who does to.
August 15, 2017
My daughter highly recommended this book to me after checking it out at her school library, and in fact, she heavily INSISTED I read it, because she was so blown away by the true-life stories of rescue and survival that boggle the mind. The collection lists story after story of loosely organized dog, cat, pig, horse, buffalo, etc., triumphs in the face of certain demise. I read the book to humor my daughter, but as I read, I was shocked at how it was able to draw emotion out of me like few books or general situations are able. I cringed as one dog was flattened by a train. I gasped as an eagle swooped down to carry another away as prey. I grimaced when a cat drug it's frozen body with two broken legs for miles through the snow. And each and every time, the animal triumphed. Mere mortals should bring a box of tissue to read this. I recommend it particularly for the young and anyone looking for inspiration when facing the unknown. It is truly an excellent book.
December 17, 2018
In this book Miracle Pets, it is about pets that have survived tragic accidents that maybe humans wouldn't be able to survive. It gives a lot of examples in the section of "Back From The Dead". One example I thought was very important is about the 8 month old kitty that was struck by a car. And was on the side of the road for at least a week. Another one that was very shocking and sad was a cat that was in an earthquake in Twain on September 22, 1999. He was badly hurt and injured. He was found alive in the house after 80 DAYS!! I think those were the most fascinating ones.
June 10, 2020
I think it is a awesome book, but the book IS kind of long. The reason I rated it a 4 star is because it's long and there should be a second and/or 3 book that includes maybe... 7-10 short stories? It is an awesome book for bedtime stories, or when you are feeling like reading a good book! Please read it, but not all at once. Thank you, Allan Zullo, for writing an amazing book!
April 22, 2024
Tales of survival from all sorts of animals - from domesticated cats and dogs to farm animals. From significant fallls, being buried alive, getting lost hundreds of miles from home, and surviving accidents, these animals survived harrowing moments and lived to bring hope to others in similar situations. Each story is only a few pages.
September 26, 2019
This is an enjoyable book for kids. It tells many ways in which animals can save people--physically or emotionally or spiritually!
October 31, 2019
My students couldn’t get enough of this book, especially my usually reluctant readers.
July 23, 2017
A book full of interesting true stories. I felt the book would have been better if there had been fewer stories, and perhaps they were fleshed out more, as the stories seemed to get repetitive quickly. But to a child the book is aimed at, a child could read 1 or 2 stories at a time and likely enjoy the book quite a bit. Zullo is of course a very popular writer, and obviously this book is not aimed at adults, but I have a feeling it wouldn't hold up well for children older than 8-10 or so.
October 12, 2012
Miracle Pets: True Tales of Courage and Survival
Author: Allan Zullo
Genre: Non-Fiction
Pages: 122
This book is about many animals going to through a rough time in their life. They get treated bad or by one mistake, the animals go to the brink of death. One of my favorite survival was that two hogs that survived from being meat at a slaughterhouse. They somehow escape the area by finding a part of the fence that is broke. They squeeze right out and about to reach freedom. Police, workers, and searching dogs are trying there best to hunt them down. The most heroic thing was that the two hogs jumped into the river that surrounded the slaughter house and swim safely across to shore and most importantly, freedom. Another story I really liked was about a humpback whale being tangled into twenty nylon ropes which were attached to crab pots. Luckily, a fisherman spotted the tangled whale and called for safety. A few people from the Marine Mammal Center of Marin County reached there and dived for safety. The big problem was that one flip of a humpback's massive tail can kill a person. Four divers took the risk and dived for safety. THe good thing was that nothing happened to the divers or the whale.
I liked this book because it shows that not only humans are brave, but also animals are. We all deserve some freedom and should be treated safely. This book thought me that a person can really love an animal and will do anything to save them. I also liked this book because it shows many incidents that are kind of like the same, which means this can happen to any animal so treat them nice because they will do anything for you like you would do anything for your pet.
Author: Allan Zullo
Genre: Non-Fiction
Pages: 122
This book is about many animals going to through a rough time in their life. They get treated bad or by one mistake, the animals go to the brink of death. One of my favorite survival was that two hogs that survived from being meat at a slaughterhouse. They somehow escape the area by finding a part of the fence that is broke. They squeeze right out and about to reach freedom. Police, workers, and searching dogs are trying there best to hunt them down. The most heroic thing was that the two hogs jumped into the river that surrounded the slaughter house and swim safely across to shore and most importantly, freedom. Another story I really liked was about a humpback whale being tangled into twenty nylon ropes which were attached to crab pots. Luckily, a fisherman spotted the tangled whale and called for safety. A few people from the Marine Mammal Center of Marin County reached there and dived for safety. The big problem was that one flip of a humpback's massive tail can kill a person. Four divers took the risk and dived for safety. THe good thing was that nothing happened to the divers or the whale.
I liked this book because it shows that not only humans are brave, but also animals are. We all deserve some freedom and should be treated safely. This book thought me that a person can really love an animal and will do anything to save them. I also liked this book because it shows many incidents that are kind of like the same, which means this can happen to any animal so treat them nice because they will do anything for you like you would do anything for your pet.
January 9, 2013
Miracle Pets
Allan Zullo
Non fiction
informational
122 pages
Miracle Pets is a book that has different tales of different animal and how they survive in severe conditions. The stories are very encouraging and all true. In all of the different stories all of the animals survive. Some of the stories are sad at first and sounds like its impossible for the animal to survive but it always ends up happy at the end. The stories sound like they could never happen but they're all true. In one story a small dog gets picked up by an eagle and is dropped in mid air.
I thought this was a great book if you love animals. The stories are really good and its so cool that all of the stories are true and that all of the animals live. I think that the saddest stories are the ones about the dogs. Thats probably because I have a dog and if the thing in the stories were to happen to her it would be really sad and I wouldn't think that she could survive. In one of the stories a cat got stuck under a cement building and I could have sworn she was going to die but a construction worker found the cat and they got her out. I loved reading this book and would recommend this to people who love animals and encouraging stories. It was a really great book and I wish there were more stories in it.
Allan Zullo
Non fiction
informational
122 pages
Miracle Pets is a book that has different tales of different animal and how they survive in severe conditions. The stories are very encouraging and all true. In all of the different stories all of the animals survive. Some of the stories are sad at first and sounds like its impossible for the animal to survive but it always ends up happy at the end. The stories sound like they could never happen but they're all true. In one story a small dog gets picked up by an eagle and is dropped in mid air.
I thought this was a great book if you love animals. The stories are really good and its so cool that all of the stories are true and that all of the animals live. I think that the saddest stories are the ones about the dogs. Thats probably because I have a dog and if the thing in the stories were to happen to her it would be really sad and I wouldn't think that she could survive. In one of the stories a cat got stuck under a cement building and I could have sworn she was going to die but a construction worker found the cat and they got her out. I loved reading this book and would recommend this to people who love animals and encouraging stories. It was a really great book and I wish there were more stories in it.
January 15, 2013
Miracle Pets
Allan Zullo
information
Miracle pets is the story of amazing animals who overcome life threating situations. Stories of dogs, cats, pigs, even turtles surviving near death expirances. 122 pages consisting of smaller stories of different pets.
I am a cat owner myself and i found this book very touching, all the stories of beloved pets making it through rough times. Some stories i found hard to believe, but others were very interesting and suspensful. I would recommend this book to all pet owners and any animal lovers.
Allan Zullo
information
Miracle pets is the story of amazing animals who overcome life threating situations. Stories of dogs, cats, pigs, even turtles surviving near death expirances. 122 pages consisting of smaller stories of different pets.
I am a cat owner myself and i found this book very touching, all the stories of beloved pets making it through rough times. Some stories i found hard to believe, but others were very interesting and suspensful. I would recommend this book to all pet owners and any animal lovers.
October 15, 2018
I read Allan Zullo's book "Bad Pets" and I recommended it to my sister and one of my brothers to read. My brother loved it so I decided to look it up on here and see if Allan Zullo had anymore books-turned out he did! This was the second book of his I have read and to be honest, I thought it was pretty good. I really love to read all the animal stories and everything, second to reading anything adventurous/survival. My brother is going to love this book and I think he just started reading it.
We'll be reading more of Allan Zullo's books. :)
We'll be reading more of Allan Zullo's books. :)
March 4, 2015
Miracle Pets is a great but small book. It is about true stories of pets who have survived the impossible, from being hit by a car, to being bitten by a rattlesnake. It talks about how you should never say "Die." There isn't much to explain about this book, except that it is a series of Miracle Pets. Go to your local library and discover the amazing miracles that can (and have) happened to our furry companions.
January 9, 2017
This children's book is written like a series of short newspaper articles about astonishing accounts of pets' and other animals' survival tales. While aimed at animal lovers, real animal lovers may find it hard to read about a dog getting run over by two cars and then falling off a cliff and then treading water for two weeks (a made-up example), even if it does survive. The accounts are loosely arranged by theme.
August 27, 2012
This text has a 3.5 reading level, Guided Reading at level S and a lexile of 1050. This book is made up of short stories about dogs. I could see using this text for a short story in a small guided reading group. Xavier said it would be good for people who like to see pets overcome adversity.
Themes: Courage, Survival, Animals: Dogs
Themes: Courage, Survival, Animals: Dogs
March 7, 2014
I thought this book was really good. The amazing stories of all these crazy stories of pets that survived horrible accidents was really fascinating. Some of these stories are so awesome that I can't even imagine how they even happened. I recommend this book to people that want an easy read. Also for people who love their pets a lot.:)
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March 23, 2015Miracle Pets: True Tales of Courage and Survival by Allan Zullo is a book about pets in near death situations. While reading some of the stories, you think this animal is going to die. There is no way it's going to survive but all the animals in the book survive and live a happy, healthy life after their incidence.
May 10, 2016
This is an awesome book. It has true tales of animals who have survived tragic accidents. This book has many stories about what has happened to these unfortunate animals. It also gives a lot of detail for somebody who is up for a good book and likes all the detail of things. I personally liked this book a lot.
May 4, 2014
it was a good book. That day my fish was close to near death expirence, but i finished the book that day and the next day my fish came to life. That book ismy favorite book, It is very shoking too when you read the miracles that happened to the aniamals in the book and how they survived!
March 11, 2015
I thought that this was an emotional but good book about how pets were saved from severe injuries and then were cured. I also liked that all of these stories were not fake but they were true. i recomend this book and i gave it 5 out of 5 stars because it was such a good book.
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May 20, 2015This book contains stories of different animals and how it was a miracle for them to survive what tough lives they have had. The animals in this book can go from dogs falling down pipes to wild hogs almost being slaughtered. This book will interest you if you love animals and are into real stories.
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May 20, 2015In the book Miracle Pets it tells you about events of animals in deathly situations. You're thinking that there isn't a way that these animals could ever survive, but they all are brave and strong and they end up living and being happy. Like the title says, they're miracle pets.
January 10, 2012
Many interesting tales about pets beating the odds and surviving...A must-read!
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March 24, 2012I loved it! I will never forget the amazing stories in this book! They are amazing and I loved reading them! THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ANY ANIMAL LOVER!
January 27, 2015
Perfect non- fiction book for a child who doesn't enjoy fiction! Cute fun stories
January 11, 2014
This book is so good!!! Amazing!!! If you love animals you will love this book!!!
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February 29, 2016
"Miracle Pets" is not an ordinary book, instead of 1 story, there are a bunch of stories about animals who fought to survive. It is a short book and an easy read.
October 11, 2016
You would like this book if like to read non-fiction stories that are mostly sad and touching real-life stories. You would like this book if you liked the movie MAX.
December 15, 2016
good imfrmation and good words
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