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Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship (edition 2018)

by Jessica Kensky (Author), Patrick Downes (Author), Scott Magoon (Illustrator)

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When he is paired with a girl who has lost her legs, Rescue worries that he isn't up to the task of being her service dog.
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Title:Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship
Authors:Jessica Kensky (Author)
Other authors:Patrick Downes (Author), Scott Magoon (Illustrator)
Info:Candlewick (2018), Edition: Illustrated, 32 pages
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Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky

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This is such a cute story about an amputee and her service dog becoming best friends. They both rescued each other.

I would use this in the classroom to represent both ampeutees the roles of service dogs.
  Kjanzen24 | Dec 4, 2024 |
This book follows Jessica who loses both of her legs and struggles admitting that her life has changed. Rescue is training to be a service dog and becomes Jessica's dog. They both change each other's lives and saved each other. I would say this book is geared more towards 2-5 grade and could be used in a classroom to bring awareness to disabilites.
  kbeachy | Dec 4, 2024 |
Picture book about a service dog named Rescue who is looking for a human to work for. Jessica is a young girl who just became a double amputee. Together, they find each other and become best friends. The story goes through how Rescue helps Jessica and brings her a new found happiness.

I thought this book was super cute and well done. It was very moving and it made me tear up even! It shows a good relationship with an owner and their service dog. I would for sure have this book in my classroom. This would be a good book for K-2 graders.
  sagan21 | Apr 24, 2024 |
This story follows the story of a puppy named Rescue who makes the transition from being trained as a seeing-eye dog to a service dog. This wasn’t Rescue's original plan for his life so this came with stress and disappointment. Jessica was a young girl who was a newly amputee. Rescue and Jessica were both individually learning about what their lives were going to be like, and were both natural at letting this new life path fall into place. They both were proud of themselves but were still weary about their lives. Rescue and Jessica got matched and they were so excited to meet each other. They instantly felt connected and thought one another was so amazing. After a while, they both felt truly happy again and were both so thankful for one another. They had rescued each other. This is based on a true story about Rescue and Jessica.

I thought this book was such a sweet story that was inclusive, inspiring, and showed perseverance. I use this as a resource for both primary and intermediate ages. I have discussion questions in my book club project that would be great to pair with the reading.
  kthomas22 | Apr 22, 2024 |
1.I would recommend this book to lower to middle elementary school.
2.This book goes through the story of Jessica a girl who became an amputee who wanted a support animal. It follows both the story of a dog named Rescue her human named Jessica and what they did for one another and how they both helped each other.
3.I really like this book and will definitely have it in my future classroom. ( )
  Jennamh8 | Apr 17, 2024 |
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When he is paired with a girl who has lost her legs, Rescue worries that he isn't up to the task of being her service dog.

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Rescue thought he'd grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog -- it's the family business, after all. When he gets the news that he's better suited to being a service dog, he's worried that he's not up to the task. Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life is turning out differently than the way she'd imagined it, too. Now Jessica needs Rescue by her side to help her accomplish everyday tasks. And it turns out that Rescue can help Jessica see after all: a way forward, together, one step at a time.
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