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Lions and Tigers and Bears - Oh My!
Animal books for teens

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Watership Down by Richard Adams YA FIC ADAMS
Facing the destruction of their home, Hazel, Fiver, and a group of rabbits set out on an epic quest to find a safe place where they can establish a new warren.

The Sight by David Clement-Davies
YA FIC CLEMENT-DAVIES
Morgra the she-wolf has the Sight. She knows that one of the pups holds the key to power that could give her control of this world and the next. Her soul longs for this ultimate dominion. But the pack she hunts is brave and loving and will do anything to protect its own, even if it means a battle that will involve all of nature.

Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies
YA FIC CLEMENT-DAVIES
It is a dark time for the deer. A tyrannical Lord of the Herd has ended the play of antlers that ensures change of leadership. Prophecy foretells a hero fawn marked with an oak leaf. Rannoch, born as his father is murdered, must flee … until he finds the courage to face his destiny.

Redwall by Brian Jacques
YA FIC JACQUES
When Cluny the Scourge, a huge rat with a barb on his whiplike tale, threatens Redwall Abbey, Matthias the mouse and the other peaceful animals who live there must decide what to do - leave, or solve the puzzles left behind by Martin the Warrior. (Redwall series, Book 1)

Straydog by Kathe Koja
YA FIC KOJA
Rachel is happiest at the animal shelter where she volunteers, especially after she meets the wild collie she names Grrl: they're both angry and alone. Teaching Grrl to trust her is difficult, and trusting her classmate Griffin's plan to bring Grrl home is even harder.

Frisco Pigeon Mambo by C. D. Payne
YA FIC PAYNE
When a flock of alcohol- and tobacco-addicted lab pigeons are freed in San Francisco, the whole city turns topsy-turvy. Call them "America's Most Wanted," but don't call them pigeons - these swashbuckling outlaws think they're human.

The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
YA FIC RAWLINGS
Lonely Jody, living with his family in the Florida scrub, befriends a fawn. Flag shares Jody's adventures in the wild world that surrounds the Baxter farm, but hard choices await when the fawn grows and begins to threaten the family's crops.

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
YA FIC RAWLS
Hunting the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country, Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains, and Billy had the will to make them into the finest team around. They were earning glory and victory, but sadness waited, too, for Billy and his dogs.

Varjak Paw by SF Said

YA FIC SAID
Varjak Paw and his family have always lived in the isolated house at the top of the hill. When the sinister Gentleman and his two menacing cats take over his home, he must go Outside - and try to discover the terrifying secrets behind the Vanishings. Can he save his own family from their fate?

updated November 28, 2007

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