title: Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship
author:  Jessica Kensky 
description: POPK-Gr 3The author's true story of her friendship with her service dog. Rescue, a young pup is training to become a service dog, learning to fetch things, to open doors, and even to turn on lights. Jessica is recovering from an injury to both of her legs and is getting acclimated to using prosthetics and walking again. Each is worried about their skills and their futures, but when they are eventually paired, it is an instant connection and realization that they can do so much together. The power of their relationship is made quite clear throughout the book. Kensky, and her coauthor and husband Downes, were both injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and have chosen to leave that particular detail out of the primary narrative. Instead, they focus on the work that Rescue does to aid Jessica every day and the intensity of their relationship. Magoon's digital illustrations are a lovely accompaniment to the text, providing rich detail to the spare story, and the scenes of Jessica and Rescue playing and working with the Boston skyline as a backdrop only add to the poignancy. VERDICT This is a strong selection for any collection, and stories about working dogs never get old; this will be appreciated and enjoyed by a wide variety of young people.Jody Kopple, Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA
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  Celebrities Series Book #4
  
  Jessica Morrison had made some mistakes in her life. Of all of them, one had
  caused her to lose the woman she had once thought she would spend the rest of
  her life with, along with the friends Jessica had thought of as family.
  
  Venice Russo had somehow found herself in the company of a lot of beautiful,
  famous women. Dani Wilder, Peyton Gloss, Lennox Owen, Kenzie Smyth, and Maddox
  Delaney were now all her friends. That didn’t stop Venice, who preferred to be
  called Val, from feeling a little out of place.
  
  They nearly met at one fateful New Year’s Eve party but happened to miss each
  other. A coincidence, or maybe fate, brings them together again. Jessica is
  carrying her baggage. Val doesn’t feel like she has anything to look forward
  to in her life. When they find each other, they might also be able to find a
  path forward together.
  
  To contact the author