Books for animal lovers
November 17, 2024 10:27 AM Subscribe
My eleven year old loved "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo. Can you recommend sensitive, smart books about girls and their special animals? (NOT horses, please). That treat their readers seriously and don't talk down to them? Thanks!
Tamora Pierce's "Protector of the Small" series, starting with First Test is truly special. It's fantasy, about a earnest, kind young woman who is the first girl to train to be a knight.
She's an animal lover and while there are horses in the story, it's about all the many creatures she takes into her care. It's an earnest, kind, compassionate book, with an unusual young heroine. I liked the way it dealt with body image and puberty issues, as well as the subtle and realistic, but nuanced way it deals with the sexism the main character encounters.
posted by Zumbador at 1:10 AM on November 18
She's an animal lover and while there are horses in the story, it's about all the many creatures she takes into her care. It's an earnest, kind, compassionate book, with an unusual young heroine. I liked the way it dealt with body image and puberty issues, as well as the subtle and realistic, but nuanced way it deals with the sexism the main character encounters.
posted by Zumbador at 1:10 AM on November 18
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