From the Publisher
These two latest additions to the Jasmine Green Rescues series are, like predecessors A Piglet Called Truffle and A Duckling Called Button (both 2020), charming portraits of an aspiring veterinarian and her quirky family. Peters deftly balances facts about animals and their care with fast-moving storylines...A sweet tale of animal adventure.
—Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviews
2020-05-03
When Jasmine and her best friend, Tom, find a border collie puppy abandoned under a hedge, they do what they do best: nurse him back to health.
Jasmine lives on a farm, and her mother, Dr. Singh, is a veterinarian. Drawing on her mother’s medical advice, Jasmine throws herself into caring for the puppy, bathing his wounds and encouraging him to eat and drink. Throughout, Jasmine expects that she’ll be able to keep the dog, whom she names Sky, just as she’s kept previous rescues. This time, though, Jasmine’s mother says that when Sky fully recovers he’ll have to go to a shelter or possibly back to his former owner, which Jasmine swears she will not let happen. In A Kitten Called Holly, publishing simultaneously, Jasmine rescues an abandoned kitten that Tom names Holly. This time, though, she is forced to give Holly up to her cruel classmate Bella—unless she can find a better home first. These two latest additions to the Jasmine Green Rescues series are, like predecessors A Piglet Called Truffle and A Duckling Called Button (both 2020), charming portraits of an aspiring veterinarian and her quirky family. Peters deftly balances facts about animals and their care with fast-moving storylines. Also as in previous books, Jasmine’s Indian heritage plays no role in the story, nor does her biracial (South Asian/white) identity. Tom and Bella seem to be white.
A sweet tale of animal adventure. (Fiction. 7-10)
