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The cat at the wall
By Deborah Ellis. 2014
A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers.…
The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she's just a cat. Or is she? She was once a regular North American girl, but that was before she died and came back to life as a cat. When the little boy is discovered, the soldiers don't know what to do with him. It is not long before his teacher and classmates come looking for him, and the house is suddenly surrounded by Palestinian villagers throwing rocks, and the sound of Israeli tanks approaching. As the soldiers begin to panic and disaster seems certain, the cat knows that it is up to her to diffuse the situation. Grades 5-8. 2014.The carved box
By Gillian Chan. 2001
Fifteen-year-old Callum has just arrived from Scotland when he hands over his savings to a stranger in exchange for a…
filthy, half-starved dog and a carved box that he has been warned never to open. Callum is unprepared for the grinding physical labour of working on a farm; his only source of comfort is Dog, who seems to know all his secret wishes and fears. Then the mysterious carved box accidentally breaks open, and Callum is faced with some astonishing revelations and difficult decisions. Grades 5-8. 2001.The blue roan child
By Jamieson Findlay. 2002
Syeira lives in Haysele, a land of horses and horse-sensitives. When the wild mare Arwin's tow colts are taken from…
her, Syeira decides to help Arwin rescue them, even if she must risk her life to do so. But their mission proves harder than they imagined. For junior high readers. 2002.Tarka the otter (Puffin Modern Classics Ser.)
By Henry Williamson. 1995
This tale of an otter's life and death in Devon, captures the feel of life in the wild as seen…
through the otter's own eyes. Grades 5-8. Originally published in 1927. 1995.Silverwing
By Kenneth Oppel. 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. Prequel to "Sunwing" (DC19512). Winner of the 1999 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Winner of the 1998 Silver Birch Award. Grades 4-7. 1997.Baboon
By David Jones. 2007
Flying back to the African savanna with his parents, 14-year-old Gerry would rather be back home - sure, his parents'…
baboon research lets him explore the African wilderness, but thinking of spending weeks there with a bunch of monkeys makes him miss everything about the city. Suddenly, the plane flies into a lightning storm, the engine dies, and they come down hard. Gerry wakes up on the ground, thinking that a baboon has broken his fall, but something quite different has happened - something that will change Gerry's life forever. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2007.Firewing (The silverwing Trilogy Ser.)
By Kenneth Oppel. 2003
Griffin, a newborn Silverwing bat, is sucked into the Underworld during an earthquake. Shade, Griffin's father, goes to rescue him,…
knowing that if the living stumble into the land of the dead, they have only a short time before death claims them too. But something else is also hunting Griffin - a deadly foe Shade hoped he would never see again. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. Companion to "Silverwing" (DC15815) and "Sunwing" (DC19512). 2003.Different dragons
By Jean Little. 1986
Ben is afraid of animals, thunderstorms, new places and people. When Aunt Rose gives him a big Labrador retriever for…
his birthday, Ben does not know how to tell her that the dog terrifies him. Grades 4-7. 1986.Darkwing (Silverwing Ser.)
By Kenneth Oppel. 2007
It is 65 million years ago, and Dusk and his family are chiropters, small tree-dwelling mammals that glide and feed…
on insects. Most of the colony is uncomfortable with Dusk's flying and use of echolocation, but when an outcast group of carnivores attack, they appreciate Dusk's ability to guide them and keep them safe, despite deadly predators and betrayals from within and outside of the colony. Grades 5-8. 2007.A collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just so stories
By Rudyard Kipling. 2004
How did the rhinoceros get his wrinkly skin? How did one curious elephant - with a nose for trouble -…
change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling answers these and other important questions, in tales first told as bedtime stories to his own children. Grades 3-6 and older readers. c1897. 2004.Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be…
a princess, and the devious rat Roscuro, are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and ultimately, into each other's lives. Grades 4-7. 2004 Newbery Medal winner. 2003.Bunnicula: a rabbit-tale of mystery
By James Howe, Deborah Howe. 1999
Chester, the Monroe family's loyal cat, tries his best to warn the family that the baby rabbit they found in…
the movie theatre where they saw "Dracula" is actually a vampire rabbit. This reissue of the classic story featuring the vampire rabbit celebrates the book's twentieth anniversary. Includes an essay by co-author James Howe on the origins of "Bunnicula." Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1999, c1979.Shiloh season (The shiloh Quartet Ser.)
By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. 1998
When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how…
deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal. Sequel to "Shiloh". Grades 4-7.King of the Wind: The Story Of The Godolphin Arabian
By Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis. 1976
Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred…
breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life. Grades 4-7. 1976.Zorgamazoo
By Robert Paul Weston. 2008
Imaginative and adventurous Katrina eludes her maniacal guardian to help Morty, a member of a vanishing breed of zorgles, with…
his quest to uncover the fate of the fabled zorgles of Zorgmazoo as well as of other creatures that seem to have disappeared from the earth. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2010 Silver Birch Award for Fiction. 2008.Half brother
By Kenneth Oppel. 2010
In 1973, when a renowned Canadian behavioural psychologist pursues his latest research project - an experiment to determine whether chimpanzees…
can acquire advanced language skills - he brings home a baby chimp named Zan and asks his thirteen-year-old son to treat Zan like a little brother. Junior and Senior High. Winner of the 2012 Red Maple Fiction Award and the 2011 CLA Young Adult Book Award. 2010.The plague (Feather and bone. #2.)
By Clem Martini. 2005
A plague infects the crow population and humans invade their territory to capture the survivors. Absent when this occurs, Kyp…
returns to find his home destroyed and his best friend, Kym, kidnapped, and he vows to rescue her. Sequel to "The mob" (DC26376). Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. c2005.Watership Down
By Richard Adams. 1972
Only a few rabbits escape with their lives when men destroy their warren. Many dangers have to be faced as…
they search for a safe place to establish a new one. Followed by "Tales from Watership Down". Grade 5-8. 1972.Wolf pack
By Edo Van Belkom. 2004
After a forest fire, Ranger Brock finds a litter of wolf cubs, but quickly realizes they are both animal and…
human. Fifteen years later, the Brock kids - Noble, Argus, Tora and Harlan - struggle to fit in to the human world. When Tora is kidnapped, the others must draw on both their human and wolf sides to save her. Followed by "Lone Wolf". Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Grades 5-8. 2004.Bringing up Beauty (Beauty Ser.)
By Sylvia McNicoll. 1994
Twelve-year-old Elizabeth's family agrees to train a seeing-eye puppy for Canine Vision Canada. When an ugly Labrador retriever called Beauty…
arrives, Elizabeth is determined not to fall in love with it. But Beauty becomes her only source of solace as Elizabeth faces problems with family and friends. Grades 4-7. 2000, c1994.