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Adams, Richard. Watership Down

(1972) Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.

Avi. Perloo the Bold

(1998) Perloo, a peaceful scholar who has been chosen to succeed Jolaine as leader of the furry underground people called the Montmers, finds himself in danger when Jolaine dies and her evil son seizes control of the burrow.

Beagle, Peter S. The Last Unicorn

(1968) Recounts the quest of the last unicorn, who leaves the protection of the enchanted forest to search for her own kind, and who is joined by Schmedrick the Magician and Molly Grue in her search.

Clement-Davies, David. Fire-bringer

(2000) In ancient Scotland, a tyrannical new lord of the herd plans complete dominion over the animal world, but deer lore promises a hero, who has a unique bond with all creatures, including man, and who will ignite an epic battle and free the herd forever.

Coville, Bruce. Half-Human

(2001) A collection of stories about such creatures as mermaids and centaurs, who are part-human and part-animal or part-plant, and their struggles to understand their true identity.

Duane, Diane. The Book of Night with Moon

(1997) Unbeknownst to her owners, Rhiow, a housecat, and three of her feline friends are guardians of mystical portals between alternate universes and have magical powers, but their hidden world is in grave danger when a force from another dimension causes the four friends to confront an ancient evil to protect the Earth.

Fletcher, Susan. Sign of the Dove

(1996) As the last of the dragon eggs, laid long ago, begin to hatch, Lyf becomes a reluctant friend who tries to save both the dragon mothers and their newly born children from their enemies.

Hoeye, Michael. Time Stops for No Mouse

(2002) When Linka Perflinger, a jaunty mouse, brings a watch into his shop to be repaired and then disappears, Hermux Tantamoq is caught up in a world of dangerous search for eternal youth as he tries to find out what happened to her.

Hoeye, Michael. Sands of Time

(2001) Details the latest escapades of Hermux Tantamoq, mouse and watchmaker in the fantastical city of Pinchester, as he becomes embroiled in a movement to stop the museum from displaying a bevy of visionary paintings of cats and joins forces with a enigmatic chipmunk to discover the royal library of an ancient kingdom of cats.

Jacques, Brian. Redwall

(1986) When the peaceful life of Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, vows to find the legendary sword which will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.

Jarvis, Robin. The Dark Portal

(2000) While on a rescue mission, a few daring mice journey below to the sewers to an evil world populated by rats who peel mice before eating them and worship the Dark Lord.

Jennings, Richard W. Orwell's Luck

(2000) While caring for an injured rabbit which becomes his confidant, horoscope writer, and source of good luck, a thoughtful seventh grade girl learns to see things in more than one way.

Jones, Diana Wynne. Dogsbody

(1977) Sirius the dog star, is reborn on earth as a puppy with a mission to search for the lost Zoi, the murder weapon of the stars.

Lally, Soinbhe. A Hive for the Honeybee

(1999) When Thora, a young worker bee, befriends some drones, she wonders if they really are lords of the hive or if their pompous posturing merely conceals an appalling fate.

McCaffrey, Anne. Dragonflight

(1968) At a time when the number of Dragonriders has fallen too low for safety and only one Weyr trains the creatures and their riders, the Red Star approaches Pern, threatening it with disaster.

Oppel, Kenneth. Silverwing

(1997) When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.

Orwell, George. Animal Farm

(1996, c1946) A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government.

Paolini, Christopher. Eragon

(2003) In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.

Paolini, Christopher. Eldest

(2005) After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.

Pierce, Meredith. The Woman Who Loved Reindeer

(2000) When her sister-in-law brings her a strange golden baby to care for, a young girl, living in the cold lands far to the north, is unaware that this unusual child will help her fulfill her destiny as leader of her people.

Pierce, Meredith. Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood

(2001) Hannah, a healer with unusual powers, leaves the wizard she has always served and, along with her animal companions, begins a journey which uncovers the truth about her real nature.

Pierce, Tamora. Wolf-Speaker

(1994) With the help of her animal friends, Daine fights to save the kingdom of Tortall from ambitious mortals and dangerous immortals.

Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass

(1996) Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

Tolkien, J. R. R. Roverandom

(1998) A dog who has been turned into a toy dog encounters rival wizards and experiences various adventures on the moon with giant spiders, dragon moths, and the Great White Dragon.

Wrede, Patricia. Dealing with Dragons

(1990) Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom.

Yolen Jane. Dragon's Blood

(1982) Jakkin, a bond boy who works as a Keeper in a dragon nursery on the planet Austar IV, secretly trains a fighting pit dragon of his own in hopes of winning his freedom.

Zindel, Paul. Rats

(1999) When mutant rats threaten to take over Staten Island, which has become a huge landfill, fourteen-year-old Sarah and her younger brother Mike try to figure out how to stop them.