Animal For Teens

K. A. Nuzum - best-selling author of A Small White Scar, delivers clear, crisp prose that's reminiscent of John Steinbeck. The Leanin' Dog tells the bittersweet tale of a girl with agoraphobia, a dog with claustrophobia, and the friendship that saves them both. Dessa really needs a friend. A friend with whom she can confide and share all the joys of Christmas. But with hope almost gone, Dessa hears a scratching sound that changes her life forever.

Arnora, whose love and understanding of horses is known throughout the land, is saved from death by her great horse, Skyfaxi, and the witch Thorbjorg, feared by everyone. The witch gives Arnora a tiny bronze horse, a talisman to carry when she voyages to Vinland with Ragnar, the Viking youth who loves her. A thousand years later, in a forest in Maine, Kate, a lonely girl, finds a tiny bronze horse, hidden in a cairn of stones, and then...the magic happens.

In a dying country town lives Satchel O'Rye, a young man fighting the future; Chelsea Piper, a young woman fighting the past; and a long-lost creature that can teach them both the art of survival. Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf is a shimmering, ultimately joyful novel, a story of journeying towards courage and freedom, of finding the will to live a life beyond expectation.

In Bearstone, 14-year-old Cloyd Atcitty watched as a hunter killed what he thought was the last grizzly bear in Colorado. In this sequel, Cloyd continues his quest to find grizzlies in the mountains. Exploring the Weminuche Wilderness, Cloyd finds a pair of orphaned grizzly cubs. He must draw on his courage, determination, and Ute Indian heritage to teach them how to live in the wild. With winter approaching and food growing scarce, Cloyd must not only ensure the survival of the bears, but return to civilization before starvation and cold kill him.

Three very different, heartwarming stories about man's best friend. "Dollypogs" by David Thorn, "Brown Wolf" by Jack London and "His Dog" by Albert Payson Terhune. Dog lovers will love the variety of stories, each touching the heart in a different way.

They call him the Weirdo. No one knows much about the 17-year-old bear tracker with the horribly scarred face - except that he lives in the eerie swamp where Samantha Sanders found a dead body. But one night Samantha wanders into the dark swamp and meets the Weirdo. She listens to his shocking story, looks into his gentle soul, and becomes his friend. And when she stumbles across another body, Samantha knows that the Weirdo is the only one who can help her.

For over a decade, Ben Garrod has studied chimpanzees to find ways to protect and conserve them. We join Ben on a journey that has taken him around the world, studying eastern chimps in the humid forests of Uganda and the critically endangered western chimps of Liberia. In his trademark infectious, lighthearted style, Ben describes encounters with chimpanzees that highlight the different threats they face.

Urplötzlich und besonders hart wird der FlussClan vom Schicksal getroffen: Erst stirbt die Anführerin Nebelstern, dann kommen zwei weitere Nachfolger ums Leben. Wer soll den FlussClan in die Zukunft führen? Alle Hoffnungen ruhen auf der jungen Heilerschülerin Frostpfote – doch der SternenClan lässt sie im Stich.

In the animated tale 'Circus Animals,' an unlikely band of circus animals joins forces in an epic adventure in New Orleans to save a lioness and her cub from the clutches of evil carnival workers. Set within the dazzling yet deceptive circus world, where the line between spectacle and exploitation blurs, this story highlights the dark undercurrents of animal mistreatment hidden beneath the sparkle of entertainment. Unlike their callous ringmaster, these animals demonstrate an extraordinary capacity for empathy and unity.

The infamous Captain Blacktail and his crew of swashbuckling rats set sail upon the high seas in search of a treasure equal to the ransom of kings upon kings. Many would-be plunderers have set forth to claim the treasure of the Cat O’ Nine Tails—only never to return. A young mouse known as Pip will find his life forever changed as he journeys to uncharted waters on an adventure with Captain Blacktail and the rat crew of the Vile Vermin.

An idealistic ecologist is thrown 65 million years into the past on a mission to save the Earth from a cosmic collision. With the best intentions, however, he ends up inadvertently destroying two, maybe three worlds. It will appeal to anyone interested in paleontology, the time travel dilemma, or camping in the tropics.

A thrilling new adventure series for children: what would the world look like if dinosaurs had never died out? Imagine a world where dinosaurs have survived and evolved as...supersaurs! This is the world that Bea Kingsley lives in, a world where humans live side by side with supersaurs, sometimes in peace but often in conflict. Bea is the daughter of explorer parents who went missing when she was just a baby.

In einer Nacht voller Unwetter wird im FlussClan ein Junges geboren, dem ein tragisches und glorreiches Schicksal zugleich widerfahren wird. Als Sturmjunges im Fluss um sein Überleben kämpft, erscheint ihm die geheimnisvolle Katze das erste Mal. "Deine Zeit ist noch nicht gekommen. Du hast eine große Bestimmung vor dir", weissagt sie ihm. Die Katze stellt allerdings auch eine Bedingung: Sturmjunges kompromisslose und lebenslange Treue zu seinem Clan. Sturmjunges willigt arglos ein.

Feuerstern verlässt den Wald und lüftet das Geheimnis des WolkenClans. In düsteren Träumen erscheinen Feuerstern unbekannte Katzen auf der Flucht, ein ganzer Clan in Not und Elend. Wer sind diese fremden Katzen? Welches schreckliche Unglück ist ihnen widerfahren? Feuerstern geht seinen Träumen auf den Grund und kommt einem uralten Unrecht auf die Spur. Zusammen mit seiner Gefährtin Sandsturm bricht er zu einer Mission auf, die sie weit aus dem vertrauten Wald führt.

"Du bist Feuer und du wirst durch den Wald lodern!" In einer Zeit der schweren Unruhen wird im DonnerClan ein Junges geboren, dem eine große Zukunft vorbestimmt ist. Zunächst warten harte Prüfungen auf die junge Blaupfote. Auf ihrem Weg zur Kriegerin und schließlich zur Anführerin des DonnerClans muss die Kätzin Opfer bringen, die ihr Leben für immer verändern werden. Als Anführerin brennt Blaustern für ihren Clan wie keine andere. Doch es gibt etwas, das ihr Feuer auslöschen und schreckliches Unheil über den Clan bringen könnte.

"Die neue Blattfrische wird kommen, aber sie wird noch größere Stürme bringen als die vergangenen. Der WolkenClan wird tiefere Wurzeln brauchen, wenn er überleben soll." Sechs Monde sind vergangen seit Blattstern Anführerin des wiedervereinigten WolkenClans wurde. Die Kätzin würde alles tun, damit ihr Clan für immer bestehen kann. Doch der jungen Anführerin stehen schwere Prüfungen bevor: Im Clan gibt es unterschiedliche Auffassungen über das Zusammenleben und das Gesetz der Krieger.

A friendly Bulgarian king, a dastardly lion tamer, a pair of kidnapped parents, a pride of lions, and a brave young boy on a mission: Together again in the second installment of the popular Lionboy series.

The hideous spirit of Jupiter, the evil cat who was once lord of the sewer rats, has returned, more terrifying than ever. Bent on revenge, he is determined to turn the world into an eternal winter of hatred. The Deptford Mice feel his chilling grasp everywhere they turn. A rat army thirsty for mouse blood is building underground. And the Starglass, their magical source of knowledge and power, has been stolen. The mice know they face the most desperate struggle of their lives. Will anyone survive?

When Thomas Rose first spots the girl concealed in a ditch outside his rural village, she looks as drab as a lark, blending with the English countryside. Only her bright-red kerchief gives her away. Yet French Hélène, who goes by “Ling”  -  for the year is 1757, and England and France are at war - is no ordinary bird. She is tiny and agile, with huge dark eyes and hair as black as plums. Ling enchants Thomas with tales of the circus, where she danced atop Belladonna, a pure-white horse with a tail the color of barley. But the leader of the troupe has sold Belladonna....

Raja has been raised in captivity. Not behind the bars of a zoo, but within the confines of an American home. He was stolen when he was young to be someone's pet. Now he's grown up and is about to be sent away again, to a place from which there will be no return. John grew up with Raja. The orangutan was his friend, his brother, never his pet. But when John's parents split up and moved him across the country, he left Raja behind. Now Raja is suffering.