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Armstrong, William Howard
Sounder
When his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young Black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read. Sounder is the family's loyal coon hunting dog, and the boy's best friend.
116 p. 1969
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Avi
The Good Dog
McKinley, a malamute, is torn between the domestic world of his human family and the wild world of Lupin, a wolf that is trying to recruit dogs to replenish the dwindling wolf pack.
243 p. 2001
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Bauer, Marion Dane
Runt
Runt, the smallest wolf cub in the litter, seeks to prove himself to his father King and the rest of the pack and to earn a new name.
138 p. 2002
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Birney, Betty G.
The World According to Humphrey
Humphrey, pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher.
124 p. 2004
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Burnford, Sheila Every
The Incredible Journey
A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family.
145 p. 1961
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Byars, Betsy Cromer
The Midnight Fox
Tom dislikes spending the summer on his aunt's farm until he discovers a black fox in the forest and tracks her to her den.
134 p. 1968
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Casanova, Mary
Stealing Thunder
Libby visits her neighbor's spirited horse Thunder every day, grooming and riding him. When Mr. Porter starts to abuse Thunder, she decides to steal him away to safety with the help of her new friend Griff.
136 p. 1999
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Cleary, Beverly
Ribsy
Separated from his owner, Henry Huggins, in a shopping center parking lot, an ordinary city dog begins a string of bewildering adventures.
192 p. 1964
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Cleary, Beverly
Strider
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.
179 p. 1991
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DiCamillo, Kate
Because of Winn-Dixie
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog, Winn-Dixie.
182 p. 2000
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Duncan, Lois
Hotel for Dogs
Liz and her brother wind up with nine stray dogs that need homes but must be kept a secret.
178, [5] p. 2008
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Farley, Walter
The Black Stallion
A seventeen-year-old boy is pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea. Rescued by a southbound freighter, he befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.
196 p. 1991
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Fine, Anne
The Diary of a Killer Cat
Tuffy the pet cat tries to defend himself against accusations of terrifying other animals and murdering the neighbor's rabbit.
58 p. 2006
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George, Jean Craighead
Frightful's Mountain
A peregrine falcon called Frightful is growing through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York. There she interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.
258 p. 1999
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Gipson, Fred
Old Yeller
Old Yeller is a heart-warming story about a Texas pioneer family in the 1860's and the big yellow stray dog that affects their lives.
184 p. 1956
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Haas, Jessie
Jigsaw Pony
Twins Kiera and Fran have never agreed on anything but when their dream comes true and their father surprises them with a pony, they must learn to work together to care for their new pet.
128 p. 2006
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Henry, Marguerite
King of the Wind
This is the story of Sham, a Moroccan horse, from his days as a carter's horse in France, to thoroughbred champion as the Godolphin Arabian at Newmarket, England, and the mute boy who cared for him.
172 p. 1948
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Hiaasen, Carl
Hoot
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
292 p. 2002
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Hooks, William H.
Pioneer Cat
When a young pioneer girl smuggles a cat aboard the wagon train taking her family from Missouri to Oregon, it turns out to be the best thing she could have done.
62 p. 1988
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Howe, Peter
Waggit's Tale
When Waggit is abandoned by his owner as a puppy, he meets a pack of wild dogs who become his friends and teach him to survive in the city park, but when he has a chance to go home with a kind woman who wants to adopt him, he takes it.
276 p. 2008
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