RecommendedReads: JFiction:Animals
Outfoxed
EliseMcMullen-Ciotti
JMCMU, E
Skye has just rescued a baby fox she’s named Kitkat, with the help of her Park Ranger cousin. Skye would usually release the fox back into the wild as soon as it’s healed, but this baby fox was injured by a trap. Now she’s on a mission to find the poacher!
HowtoHealaGryphon MegCannistra
With her thirteenth birthday just around the corner, Giada Bellantuono has to make a big decision: Will she join the family business and become a healer or follow her dreams? When a group of witches kidnaps her beloved older brother, Rocco, and her parents are away, Giada is the only person left who can rescue him.
JCANN, M LeilaandtheBlueFox
JHARG, K
While on a journey across the sea to track the migration of an arctic fox, twelve-year-old Leila rediscovers herself and the mother she thought she had lost.
Millie McCallHoyle
JHOYL
, M
Rescued by a special education teacher, Millie becomes part of a program where students learn emotional resilience through rehabilitating dogs. Tori, a struggling reader with her own history of abandonment, connects with Millie's training.
TheNightAnimals SarahAnnJuckes
JJUCK, S
Nora's mum has good days and bad days, but the bad days are getting worse. It's been just the two of them for always, and they don't need anyone else. When the rainbow-shimmering ghost animals Nora used to see when she was small start to reappear, she's convinced that they hold all the answers.
TheCatsofSilverCrescent KaelaNoel
JNOEL, K
While on a weeks-long visit to her aunt Verity's house, eleven-year-old Elsby discovers there is more to the cats living in the house next door than first meets the eye.
Pied
AvioneLee
JLEE, A
When eleven-year-old Rim Wickford discovers his unique ability as a Pied Piper and accidentally causes his school to fall asleep, he is thrust into a colorful world of magic and intrigue where he must prove himself in a society where Pied Pipers are vilified.
Deadlands:Hunted SkyeMelki-Wegner
JMELK, S
An unlikely group of dinosaur misfits discover a deadly secret and must band together to save their herbivore kingdoms from doom at the hands of ruthless carnivores.
Nugly M.C.Ross
JROSS, M
After Nugget runs away, an unfortunate run-in with another animal leaves him disfigured, so he can't rely on his cuteness to get by like he used to. As Nugget learns to navigate his new life, searching for a new family to give all his love...will he learn to love himself, too?
PuppyLove GarySoto
JSOTO, G
Jordan has a huge crush on his classmate, but he’s never going to win her affections if he stays a C student and keeps embarrassing himself on the basketball court. But when Jordan dives into the waters of a dangerous irrigation canal to save a drowning puppy, he’s suddenly got even more on his mind.
ShadowFox
CarlieSorosiak
JSORO, C
When Nan goes missing, a man from the mysterious Whistlenorth Island comes ashore to seek the aid of Nan’s granddaughter, Bee, whom he thinks is destined not only to help Nan, but also to save Whistlenorth from the greedy and destructive Night Islanders. The plans go topsy-turvy when it becomes obvious that Bee does not have the magic powers of a chosen one but Shadow does.
SafeHarbor
PadmaVenkatraman
JVENK, P
Moving from India to the US is difficult for Geetha, but things start to get better when she and a new friend help rescue a stranded seal.
OperationHappy JenniL.Walsh
JWALS
, J
After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1940, young Jody copes with the upheaval of war and the challenges of keeping her family together by completing a bucket list with her dog Happy.
WolfGirl:IntotheWild AnhDo
JDO
, A
When disaster separates Gwen from her family, she is alone in the wilderness, until her life is saved by a wolf puppy and three dogs. But Gwen and her new friends must use all of their skills to survive.
WithJustOneWing BrendaWoods
JWOOD, B
While nursing a broken arm, almost twelve-year-old adoptee Coop, with the help of his grandfather and friend Zandi, unwaveringly cares for and protects Hop, a baby mockingbird born with one wing.