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Animals Young Adult

Explore young adult books about animals for children.

59 books

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A Horse Called Elvis

For the child adjusting to a big move or a difficult family change. This story shows how the bond with an animal can hel

Cover of Where Things Come Back

Where Things Come Back

John Corey Whaley

A summer in Arkansas turns bizarre when a teenager vanishes, a town obsesses over an extinct woodpecker, and a grieving

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Shadow of a Bull

Maia Wojciechowska

Manolo is torn between following in his famous father’s footsteps as a bullfighter or following his own dream to be a do

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The Barkers #4

Trouble in the Barkers' Class

Tomie dePaola

New student Carole Anne is acting like a bully, but Morgie refuses to give up until he uncovers the real reason behind h

Ages 4–8

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The Ape Quartet #1

When a revolution strikes a bonobo sanctuary, a teenager must brave the deep jungle to rescue the animals and find a way

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Horrible Science #10

Discover which scientist ate a poisonous snake for dinner and where to find dragons with bad breath in this wild hunt fo

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Terence Blacker

A bold young ratling and an abandoned boy with a gift for animals find their lives linked as war breaks out between the

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The Ape Quartet #4

After a natural disaster separates her from her troop, a young gorilla must step up to protect her sibling in a dangerou

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Usborne First Reading: Level 4

The Leopard and the Sky God

Mairi Mackinnon

For the child learning that cleverness and thinking outside the box can solve problems that strength alone cannot. A rhy

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Horrible Science

Ugly Bugs and Nasty Nature

You will never look at a fly or a frog the same way after learning which bugs drink blood and why vultures have bald hea

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Clever Creatures of the Night

Case arrives at an isolated house to find her friend missing, a group of roommates acting like a cult, and nearby animal

Cover of Eddy, Eddy

For the teen processing the literal and emotional aftershocks of loss, this New Zealand story explores rebuilding a life

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Graceling Realm #5

Kristin Cashore

For the teen navigating the quiet aftermath of trauma who needs to see that survival is as much about emotional processi

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Graceling Realm #4

Kristin Cashore

In a land of telepathic foxes and airships, Queen Bitterblue must solve a mystery of suspicious drownings and political

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My First German Picture Books #4

Things Around Me in Nature

For the curious toddler who is beginning to point at trees and flowers. This gentle guide helps little ones name and not

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The Book of Dust #3

For the young adult navigating the complexities of their own beliefs while standing up against systems that limit person

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Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar #1

City of the Beasts

Deep within the Amazon canopy, Alexander joins an expedition to track a legendary beast and discovers his own inner powe

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Ten Miles Past Normal

Frances O'Roark Dowell

Janie dreams of a normal suburban life but finds herself milking goats and getting arrested for a school project on her

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A runaway boy finds a sense of home and a makeshift family among the horses and trainers at a local racetrack.

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The Demonata #5

Grubbs Grady fears the family curse is finally taking hold as he experiences terrifying symptoms of a werewolf transform

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Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar #3

Forest of the Pygmies

Alexander and Nadia travel to the Kenyan forests to rescue missing missionaries and encounter a hidden world of corrupti

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Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron

A wild, scarred boy is captured in a French forest in 1798, sparking a real-life mystery about what happens when a child

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The Bone Houses

The Bone Houses

Emily Lloyd-Jones

For teens grappling with loss and chronic pain, this bewitching historical horror novel offers a journey of courage, sel

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For the teen grappling with questions of autonomy and sacrifice while navigating high-stakes pressure to protect those t

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