Trapped: This one comes first for me because I love deer so the story of Brenna taking care of an injured fawn is just adorable. But what is also interesting is the focus on Brenna’s brother and his growing enviromental radicalism and how far he is willing to go to stop poachers. Anderson presents the pros of such staunch care for the enviroment and its animals while warning not to let it go so far into harming humans in the zeal to protect wild critters.

Fear of Falling: David’s personal problems are just as engaging as his attempts to get over his fears of high-jumping while still seeming like a man about it. His story of trying to gain his Dad’s attention during the uncertainty of his parent’s divorce is a heartfelt as one can see how much he wants to make his Dad pride while also wreastling with his animosity for his Dad leaving the family so easily.

Fight for Life: This first book brings the gang together and tears to my eyes every time as it unveals the cruelty of puppy mills. It does a good job in setting up the premises and the dynamics of the group while Maggie struggles in letting others into the world she feels as a private sanctuary.

Masks: Once again, Anderson presents the complicated world of vetinary research as Sunita discovers when she interns at a local lab. She loves animal so how can she condone the testing done on them? It’s a difficult problem and in an ideal world we wouldn’t have to but as Sunita learns it is necessry to find cures and other medicine for humans and animals. That leaves the rest of the book for her to contemplate where her future path lies if not in vet science?

Helping Hands: This book dives into the abuse of pony ride and other petting zoo animals which I never thought of but wow, this paints a rather graphic picture. Really, the whole series does (so much animal abuse everywhere) but it’s still worthwhile to learn so I appreciate this book being out there to highlight its existance.