Kira's Animal Rescue

This has a significantly better plot and story arc than the first book, and is much better organized as a whole. However, it is just as preachy and heavy-handed about Truth In Science and climate change as the back cover description made it sound, and I still did not like it at all. I ended up skimm......more

The second book is better than the first one and has an interesting plot. Kira's aunts are married lesbians, in a book targeted to 8 year olds, and adults who buy the book or who allow children to read it from the library need to know that. It is not discussed in this second book, but the picture of......more

I liked how this book was very science and research integrity based. I enjoyed reading the stories in the back about kids invoking real change and I liked how the story covered the effects of the climate crisis in Australia. We know from the news and we know form our friends there that this is real......more

Finished reading this book with my 9 year old daughter, and after reading two books from Kira, we both agree that she might be our new favorite American Girl! It hit my daughter's heart perfectly with a focus on zoology and environmental science -- and it approaches handling mild anxiety/slight perf......more

This sweet adventure story from the American Girl franchise stars Kira, a young girl with a passion for studying wild animals and hopes to become a wildlife scientist some day. While visiting her family's wildlife rehabilitation center/wildlife sanctuary in Australia, Kira is stunned to learn an out......more