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Not all Heroes are Human an Imagination Badge booklist
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Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey
by Kathleen Rooney
A tale based on true events follows the experiences of an army officer who answers the call to service during World War II before his life is astonishingly reshaped by his battlefield encounters with a messenger pigeon.
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Devoted
by Dean R. Koontz
A child who has not spoken since his father's death befriends a dog who understands his wordless communications, which are complicated by the boy's conviction that an evil is targeting his family
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Fox 8 : a story
by George Saunders
A keepsake edition of a cautionary fable by the best-selling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, previously available only as an ebook, incorporates original illustrations into the whimsical story of a misfit fox with a talent for understanding human language. Illustrations
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Good dogs don't make it to the South Pole : a novel
by Hans Olav Thyvold
A heartwarming tale of aging, friendship and death is told from the perspective of a grumpy mutt who bonds with his late master's widow during walks to the library, before their home is threatened by impatient relatives. 75,000 first printing.
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Heart of barkness
by Spencer Quinn
When their impulsive tip to a once-famous country singer performing in a dive bar is stolen from under their astute noses, P.I. Bernie and his canine sidekick, Chet, land on a case with ties to long-ago border-town secrets.
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Hollow kingdom : a novel
by Kira Jane Buxton
Sensing something is wrong with his owner, a domesticated crow abandons the only life he ever knew to discover that humans are turning into zombies and must use knowledge gleaned from his TV-viewing to save them. 50,000 first printing.
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Ishmael : An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
by Daniel Quinn
An award-winning, compelling novel of spiritual adventure about a gorilla named Ishmael, who possesses immense wisdom, and the man who becomes his pupil, offers answers to the world's most pressing moral dilemmas. Reprint.
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Perestroika in Paris
by Jane Smiley
Coexisting in the lush hidden spaces of Paris until cold weather arrives, an escaped racehorse and her companion, a German shorthaired pointer, forge a bond with a boy living in seclusion with his nonagenarian grandmother in an ivy-covered house. Maps.
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Semiosis
by Sue Burke
"Colonists from Earth wanted the perfect home, but they'll have to survive on the one they found. They don't realize another life form watches...and waits...Only mutual communication can forge an alliance with the planet's sentient species and prove thathumans are more than tools."
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Squirrel seeks chipmunk : a modest bestiary
by David Sedaris
The author of Holidays on Ice provides an original collection of outrageously funny fables featuring animals with unmistakably human failings, including a kitty cat that struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings, squirrel and chipmunk lovers separated by prejudiced family members and much more. Reprint. A #1 best-seller.
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The bear
by Andrew Krivak
Living close to the land in an Eden-like post-civilization world, a girl learns the secrets of hunting and star navigation before finding herself in an unknown landscape, where a bear imparts powerful natural-world lessons. Original. 10,000 first printing. Tour.
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