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Here are some of our favorite books for those who love the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. These titles can all be found in the
Juvenile
section of the library, unless otherwise noted.
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Gregor the Overlander
by Suzanne Collins
When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
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The Green Ember
by S. D. Smith
When calamitous events overtake their ordinary lives, Heather and Picket find themselves facing betrayal, tyrants, and threats around every corner.
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Silverwing
by Kenneth Oppel
Shade is a young silverwing bat, the runt of his colony. But he's determined to prove himself on the long, dangerous winter migration to Hibernaculum, millions of wingbeats to the south. During a fierce storm, he loses the others and soon faces the most incredible journey of his young life. Desperately searching for a way to rejoin his flock, Shade meets a remarkable cast of characters: Marina, a Brightwing bat with a strange metal band on her leg; Zephyr, a mystical albino bat with an unusual gift; and Goth, a gigantic carnivorous vampire bat. But which ones are friends and which ones are enemies? In this epic story of adventure and suspense, Shade is going to need all the help he can find -- if he hopes to ever see his family again.
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Nimbus
by Jan Eldredge
Abandoned at the dump, kitten Nimbus is befriended by a theater-loving rat and taken in by a kindly witch where she discovers she has special powers and that she's always been destined for something extraordinary.
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The Spinner Prince
by Matt Laney
In the distant future, when a new species rules the earth, thirteen-year-old Prince Leo struggles to hide a dangerous and forbidden power he cannot control while trying to unlock the mysteries of his origins.
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The One and Only Family
by Katherine Applegate
When silverback gorilla Ivan and his mate Kinyani welcome a set of twins to their family, Ivan can't help but recall his childhood in the jungle - and his own twin - as he navigates joys and challenges of parenthood.
Note: Meet Ivan in The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.
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Breakers Of The Code
by Hunter, Erin
Cast out of his coalition, Stride the cheetah embarks on a perilous mission for the Great Parent, accompanied by a honey badger burdened with a dark and mysterious past. Whisper the water buffalo has been searching desperately for her brother Echo, presumed dead after a terrible fall. And the hyena now known as Breathstealer finds herself courted by the Great Spirit at one moment and other times tempted by the Great Devourer...The balance of power in Bravelands rests on a knife's edge, and the Great Devourer waits hungrily in the shadows. (Book two of the Bravelands: Thunder on the Plains series.)
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The Night Compass
by Amanda Foody
When the villainous Audrian Keyes claims he knows the secret to finding the Legendary Beast of the Tundra, the Lore Keepers must find her first, no matter the cost, as they're faced with chilling mysteries and a power that may save the mission or doom it. (Book four of the Wilderlore series.)
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Rumi's Riddle
by Eliot Schrefer
A conclusion to the trilogy that began with Mez's Magic and Gogi's Gambit finds Rumi, a scholarly tree frog with the power to control the wind, rallying his shadowwalker friends to stop a giant volcano from destroying their rainforest home.
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Sentinels in the Deep Ocean
by Stacy Hinojosa
Discovering the origins of the intelligent, supernatural wolves who raised her, Stacy races against time to uncover secrets in the pages of a diary that may hold the keys to her future. Part of the Wild Rescuers series.
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Jinxed
by Amy McCulloch
After fourteen-year-old Lacey Chu repairs a highly advanced smartphone/robotic pet companion, or baku, called Jinx, the baku gets her into her dream school, Profectus, where she is exposed to dangerous secrets.
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Braver : A Wombat's Tale
by Suzanne Selfors
When her parents and the other quiet, shy wombats of the Northern Forest are captured by the traitorous, carnivorous Tassie devils, Lola Budge, a talkative, adventure-seeking young wombat, embarks on a rescue mission, joined by a swamp water rat and a baby penguin.
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Ragweed
by Avi
Leaving his country home behind, Ragweed is eager to see the world and is ready for whatever adventures await him in the big city.
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Pax, Journey Home
by Sara Pennypacker
This sequel to the #1 New York Times best-seller Pax finds Peter and Pax reunited when one of Pax's kits falls desperately ill and must journey toward home, healing and each other, once again.
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Journey Beyond the Burrow
by Rina Heisel
When young mouse Tobin has his baby brother snatched from his burrow by monstrous spiders, Tobin and his friends must embark on a dangerous journey deep into their forest home to save him, encountering new friends along the way.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
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The Shelterlings
by Sarah Beth Durst
Living at the Shelter for Rejected Familiars, Holly, a grey squirrel, and her friends must use their unorthodox skills to defend themselves from someone who is attempting to steal their defective magic.
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The Secret of Glendunny: The Haunting
by Kathryn Lasky
In the wilds of Scotland, a secret colony of beavers have been hiding in plain sight, safe from humans who crave their fur, until Dunwattle, a young beaver kit, exposes their hidden colony and faces a fate worse than death.
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Stay
by Pyron, Bobbie
Shares the story of Piper, a girl who just moved into a homeless shelter in a new city, and Baby, a dog who lives in the park with his person, but when Baby loses his person it is up to Piper to make sure Baby is not taken away for good.
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Bound for Home
by Meika Hashimoto
With her family life in shambles, Erin and her rescue dog Max take off into the Maine woods where they soon find themselves fighting to survive in a place where they must choose between getting back to safety and saving a friend.
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