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25+ of Your Favorite Books With An Animal As The Main Character

Kelly Jensen

Editor

Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen.

This giveaway is sponsored by Dark Horses by Cecily Von Ziegesar. dark-horsesWhen Merritt Wenner skips the SATs in favor of a bender, she is yanked from her school and sent to an equine therapy program. There she’s assigned to care for Red, a gelding who’s as rebellious as she is. Red’s owner recognizes Meritt’s talent, and before she and Red know it, they are caught up in the whirlwind of the competitive equestrian circuit. But Merritt can’t see that their closeness has a price. Red has never belonged to anyone before; now that he does, he’ll do anything to keep her.
From white whales to yellow dogs, books about humanity’s relationship with the animal world are legion. We asked you to share your favorite books with animals MCs, and you responded. Here are more than 25 of your favorites!   Animal Farm by George Orwell The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Bambi by Felix Salten The Bees by Laline Paull Black Beauty by Anna Sewell The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr. Bunnicula by James Howe The Call of the Wild by Jack London Charlotte’s Web by EB White Cujo by Stephen King Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl The Fox and the Hound by Daniel P. Mannix “Hank The Cowdog” series by John R.Erickson Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Mort[e] by Robert Repino The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary Pride of Baghdad by Brian K Vaughan “Redwall” series by Brian Jacques Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand The Sight by David Clement Davies Sophie by Emma Pearse Watership Down by Richard Adams