Amazing Animals
Fictional Animals
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Watership Down by Richard Adams In a constant struggle against oppression, a group of rabbits search for peaceful co-existence. Catalog Link |
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach More concerned with the dynamics of his flight than with gathering food, Jonathan is scorned by the other seagulls. Catalog Link |
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The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans After a terrible accident, Grace retreats into silence and her horse, Pilgrim, is driven mad by pain. Her mother gambles that The Whisperer can heal both Pilgrim and her daughter. Catalog Link |
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Cujo by Stephen King A family’s two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard is transformed by rabies and the insidious guidance of demonic forces into a terrifying monster. Catalog Link |
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The Call of the Wild by Jack London The adventures of an unusual dog that was kidnapped and shipped off to Alaska to work on the Klondike Gold Rush. Catalog Link |
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All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy John Grady Cole, 16, leaves Texas for Mexico in 1950 and becomes an essential vaquero in a hacienda’s program. Catalog Link |
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Moby-Dick: or, The Whale by Herman Melville The story of Captain Ahab’s obsession with the great white whale that crippled him. Catalog Link |
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Animal Farm by George Orwell A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government. Catalog Link |
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel Zookeeper’s son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain. Catalog Link |
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Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley A novel set in the world of thoroughbred racing follows a group of trainers, jockeys, and “track brats” on a two-year journey through the racing cycle. Catalog Link |
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The Red Pony by John Steinbeck Traces a boy’s journey into manhood after his father gives him a pony to train and care for. Catalog Link |
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The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells A haunting book about the effects of science and human attempts to alter nature. Catalog Link |