36 Books like April et le Dernier Ours

Into the Wild

by Erin Hunter

A house cat joins a wild warrior Clan where the deadliest enemy is the deputy himself.

4.32

125k+

🐾 Xenofiction 🐈 Feral Cat Society 🌟 Outsider Protagonist 🗡️ Hidden Traitor 🔮 Prophecy And Omens

Into the Wild 90%

A house cat joins a wild warrior Clan where the deadliest enemy is the deputy himself.

by Erin Hunter 2004

4.32

125k+ ratings

🐾 Xenofiction 🐈 Feral Cat Society 🌟 Outsider Protagonist 🗡️ Hidden Traitor 🔮 Prophecy And Omens

How to Stay Invisible

by Maggie C. Rudd • 2023

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

4.43

1k+

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

How to Stay Invisible 93%

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

by Maggie C. Rudd 2023

4.43

1k+ ratings

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

Pax

by Sara Pennypacker • 2016

A boy braves war to retrieve his abandoned fox, not realizing the fox has become wild.

3.98

65k+

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🦊 Animal Perspective ⚔️ War Separation 💔 Letting Go 🗺️ Lost Pet Quest

Pax 93%

A boy braves war to retrieve his abandoned fox, not realizing the fox has become wild.

by Sara Pennypacker 2016

3.98

65k+ ratings

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🦊 Animal Perspective ⚔️ War Separation 💔 Letting Go 🗺️ Lost Pet Quest

The Tiger Rising

by Kate DiCamillo • 2001

A grieving boy, a caged tiger, and a fierce girl who believes both should run free.

3.84

33k+

✒️ Lyrical Middle Grade 🖤 Childhood Grief 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Trapped Emotions 🌿 Quiet And Tender

The Tiger Rising 92%

A grieving boy, a caged tiger, and a fierce girl who believes both should run free.

by Kate DiCamillo 2001

3.84

33k+ ratings

✒️ Lyrical Middle Grade 🖤 Childhood Grief 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Trapped Emotions 🌿 Quiet And Tender

The Ice Monster

by David Walliams • 2018

To return a resurrected mammoth home, a Victorian orphan steals a warship and outruns a hunter.

4.20

9k+

🧒 Plucky Orphan Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🐘 Animal Rescue Quest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian London 🎈 Madcap Schemes

The Ice Monster 92%

To return a resurrected mammoth home, a Victorian orphan steals a warship and outruns a hunter.

by David Walliams 2018

4.20

9k+ ratings

🧒 Plucky Orphan Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🐘 Animal Rescue Quest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian London 🎈 Madcap Schemes

A Dog's Life

by Ann M. Martin • 2005

A stray dog spends her life losing everyone, wandering the countryside, always searching for home.

4.22

16k+

🐾 Animal Narrator 🐕 Stray Dog Journey 😢 Animal Tearjerker 🏠 Found Family 👵 Unlikely Friendship

A Dog's Life 92%

A stray dog spends her life losing everyone, wandering the countryside, always searching for home.

by Ann M. Martin 2005

4.22

16k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Narrator 🐕 Stray Dog Journey 😢 Animal Tearjerker 🏠 Found Family 👵 Unlikely Friendship

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

by Dan Gemeinhart • 2019

Before a bulldozer destroys her buried family memories, Coyote must trick her dad into driving home.

4.44

33k+

🚐 Road Trip Adventure ❤️ Found Family 😢 Grieving Parent 🐱 Animal Companion ⏳ Race Against Time

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise Summary

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise 92%

Before a bulldozer destroys her buried family memories, Coyote must trick her dad into driving home.

by Dan Gemeinhart 2019

4.44

33k+ ratings

🚐 Road Trip Adventure ❤️ Found Family 😢 Grieving Parent 🐱 Animal Companion ⏳ Race Against Time

Alabama Moon

by Watt Key • 2004

His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.

4.06

5k+

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🫂 Found Family 👥 Unlikely Friends 🏃 Runaway Kids 🛡️ Resilience

Alabama Moon 91%

His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.

by Watt Key 2004

4.06

5k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🫂 Found Family 👥 Unlikely Friends 🏃 Runaway Kids 🛡️ Resilience

The Taken

by Inbali Iserles • 2015

Her brother disappeared, a young fox ventures into a perilous city to bring him home.

4.09

4k+

🦊 Talking Animals 🔮 Animal Magic 🔎 Search For Family 🧠 Mind Control 🤝 Unlikely Allies

The Taken 91%

Her brother disappeared, a young fox ventures into a perilous city to bring him home.

by Inbali Iserles 2015

4.09

4k+ ratings

🦊 Talking Animals 🔮 Animal Magic 🔎 Search For Family 🧠 Mind Control 🤝 Unlikely Allies

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate • 2012

A captive gorilla paints a rescue for the baby elephant who arrives at his run-down mall.

4.27

212k+

🔒 Animals In Captivity 🐘 Cross-Species Bonds 💔 Poignant Animal Story 🏠 Found Family 🦍 Gentle Giant

The One and Only Ivan 91%

A captive gorilla paints a rescue for the baby elephant who arrives at his run-down mall.

by Katherine Applegate 2012

4.27

212k+ ratings

🔒 Animals In Captivity 🐘 Cross-Species Bonds 💔 Poignant Animal Story 🏠 Found Family 🦍 Gentle Giant

The Fire Eternal

by Chris d'Lacey • 2007

Inside a polar bear, a missing father's soul awakens. The dying Earth needs a dragon's eye.

3.99

15k+

🐉 Dragon Companions 🐻‍❄️ Animal Spirit Guides ❄️ Arctic Fantasy 🌊 Inuit Mythology 🌿 Nature Magic

The Fire Eternal 91%

Inside a polar bear, a missing father's soul awakens. The dying Earth needs a dragon's eye.

by Chris d'Lacey 2007

3.99

15k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Companions 🐻‍❄️ Animal Spirit Guides ❄️ Arctic Fantasy 🌊 Inuit Mythology 🌿 Nature Magic

The Underneath

by Kathi Appelt • 2008

A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.

3.99

12k+

🐾 Animal Point Of View 🌿 Southern Gothic 🐕 Animal Found Family 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 🐊 Ancient Curse

The Underneath 91%

A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.

by Kathi Appelt 2008

3.99

12k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Point Of View 🌿 Southern Gothic 🐕 Animal Found Family 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 🐊 Ancient Curse

The Thing About Jellyfish

by Ali Benjamin • 2015

After her best friend drowns, a girl stops speaking and searches for answers in jellyfish.

4.10

45k+

🔬 Young Scientist 🤫 Chosen Silence 💔 Grieving A Friend 🥲 Bittersweet ✨ Lyrical Middle Grade

The Thing About Jellyfish 91%

After her best friend drowns, a girl stops speaking and searches for answers in jellyfish.

by Ali Benjamin 2015

4.10

45k+ ratings

🔬 Young Scientist 🤫 Chosen Silence 💔 Grieving A Friend 🥲 Bittersweet ✨ Lyrical Middle Grade

Bailey's Story

by W. Bruce Cameron • 2013

A golden retriever shields a boy from a dangerous friend whose reckless choices lead to disaster.

4.31

5k+

🐕 Dog Narrator 👦 Boy And His Dog 🦸 Heroic Dog 🏠 Animal Rescue 🌻 Farm Summers

Bailey's Story 91%

A golden retriever shields a boy from a dangerous friend whose reckless choices lead to disaster.

by W. Bruce Cameron 2013

4.31

5k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Narrator 👦 Boy And His Dog 🦸 Heroic Dog 🏠 Animal Rescue 🌻 Farm Summers

Just Gus

by McCall Hoyle • 2023

A scarred guardian dog meets a boy silenced by anxiety. Together they learn to heal.

4.31

538

🐾 Animal Narrator 🩹 Healing Dog 👦 Boy And His Dog 💞 Parallel Healing 🫂 Found Family

Just Gus 91%

A scarred guardian dog meets a boy silenced by anxiety. Together they learn to heal.

by McCall Hoyle 2023

4.31

538 ratings

🐾 Animal Narrator 🩹 Healing Dog 👦 Boy And His Dog 💞 Parallel Healing 🫂 Found Family

The Wild Robot

by Peter Brown • 2016

A shipwrecked robot learns to survive among wild animals and becomes mother to an orphaned gosling.

4.22

124k+

🤖 Robot Protagonist 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🦊 Animal Fable 🫂 Found Family 🐣 Unlikely Parenthood

The Wild Robot 91%

A shipwrecked robot learns to survive among wild animals and becomes mother to an orphaned gosling.

by Peter Brown 2016

4.22

124k+ ratings

🤖 Robot Protagonist 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🦊 Animal Fable 🫂 Found Family 🐣 Unlikely Parenthood

The Wrong Way Home

by Kate O'Shaughnessy • 2024

After escaping her commune, Fern longs to return, but uncovering the truth might make her stay.

4.27

3k+

🏕️ Off-Grid Community 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Clash 🫂 Found Family 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🌊 Coastal Town

The Wrong Way Home 91%

After escaping her commune, Fern longs to return, but uncovering the truth might make her stay.

by Kate O'Shaughnessy 2024

4.27

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Off-Grid Community 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Clash 🫂 Found Family 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🌊 Coastal Town

Echo Mountain

by Lauren Wolk • 2020

On a mountain in the Depression, Ellie believes the wild can wake her comatose father.

4.25

11k+

🏚️ Depression Era Fiction 🌿 Young Healer 💙 Father-Daughter Bond 🌲 Nature As Healer ⛰️ Mountain Wilderness

Echo Mountain 90%

On a mountain in the Depression, Ellie believes the wild can wake her comatose father.

by Lauren Wolk 2020

4.25

11k+ ratings

🏚️ Depression Era Fiction 🌿 Young Healer 💙 Father-Daughter Bond 🌲 Nature As Healer ⛰️ Mountain Wilderness

Crow Talk

by Eileen Garvin • 2024

An ornithologist escapes to a remote lake, where a silent boy and a wounded crow find her.

4.12

5k+

🍃 Nature Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🧩 Neurodivergent Child 🖤 Grieving Woman

Crow Talk 90%

An ornithologist escapes to a remote lake, where a silent boy and a wounded crow find her.

by Eileen Garvin 2024

4.12

5k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🧩 Neurodivergent Child 🖤 Grieving Woman

The Labors of Hercules Beal

by Gary D. Schmidt • 2023

A grieving boy named Hercules is assigned the hero's twelve labors as a seventh-grade project.

4.48

8k+

🏫 School Project Story 💔 Loss Of Parents 📚 Mentor Teacher 🏘️ Small Town 🐕 Boy And His Dog

The Labors of Hercules Beal 90%

A grieving boy named Hercules is assigned the hero's twelve labors as a seventh-grade project.

by Gary D. Schmidt 2023

4.48

8k+ ratings

🏫 School Project Story 💔 Loss Of Parents 📚 Mentor Teacher 🏘️ Small Town 🐕 Boy And His Dog

Shadow Forest

by Matt Haig • 2007

After their parents die, two siblings enter a Norwegian forest where shadows are stolen.

3.97

2k+

✨ Modern Fairy Tale 🌲 Norse Folklore Fantasy 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Tragic Villain

Shadow Forest 90%

After their parents die, two siblings enter a Norwegian forest where shadows are stolen.

by Matt Haig 2007

3.97

2k+ ratings

✨ Modern Fairy Tale 🌲 Norse Folklore Fantasy 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Tragic Villain

Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar

by Luis Sepúlveda • 1996

A cat vows to raise a seagull chick, then faces the impossible: teaching her to fly.

4.23

32k+

🐦 Animal Fable 🐾 Cross-Species Family 🖤 Found Family 😺 Reluctant Guardian 🗣️ Talking Animals

Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar Summary

Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar 90%

A cat vows to raise a seagull chick, then faces the impossible: teaching her to fly.

by Luis Sepúlveda 1996

4.23

32k+ ratings

🐦 Animal Fable 🐾 Cross-Species Family 🖤 Found Family 😺 Reluctant Guardian 🗣️ Talking Animals

The Sun Trail

by Erin Hunter • 2013

Starving mountain cats follow a vision across roaring roads and hostile lands toward a new home.

4.29

13k+

🐾 Animal Fantasy 🐱 Feline Adventure ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🌅 Visionary Quest 🫂 Found Family

The Sun Trail 90%

Starving mountain cats follow a vision across roaring roads and hostile lands toward a new home.

by Erin Hunter 2013

4.29

13k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Fantasy 🐱 Feline Adventure ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🌅 Visionary Quest 🫂 Found Family

Mirror Magic

by Linda Chapman • 2018

A grieving girl's magical fox reveals a dark spirit trapped in her sister's mirror.

4.27

885

🦊 Magical Animal Bonds 🪞 Cursed Object 🌲 Woodland Magic 🌿 Cozy Fantasy Energy 💚 Overcoming Grief

Mirror Magic 90%

A grieving girl's magical fox reveals a dark spirit trapped in her sister's mirror.

by Linda Chapman 2018

4.27

885 ratings

🦊 Magical Animal Bonds 🪞 Cursed Object 🌲 Woodland Magic 🌿 Cozy Fantasy Energy 💚 Overcoming Grief

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George • 1959

Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.

4.10

86k+

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🦅 Falconry 🏃 Runaway Adventure 🌲 Treehouse Living ⛰️ Mountain Living

My Side of the Mountain 90%

Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.

by Jean Craighead George 1959

4.10

86k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🦅 Falconry 🏃 Runaway Adventure 🌲 Treehouse Living ⛰️ Mountain Living

Wild Magic

by Tamora Pierce • 1992

An animal-speaking orphan must defend her new home from immortal monsters without losing herself.

4.31

83k+

🦊 Animal Magic 🐕 Animal Companions 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Healing From Trauma 👧 Orphan Protagonist

Wild Magic 90%

An animal-speaking orphan must defend her new home from immortal monsters without losing herself.

by Tamora Pierce 1992

4.31

83k+ ratings

🦊 Animal Magic 🐕 Animal Companions 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Healing From Trauma 👧 Orphan Protagonist

The Star Outside My Window

by Onjali Q. Raúf • 2019

A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.

4.31

3k+

🏠 Foster Care Story 🤝 Found Family 👫 Sibling Devotion 🌙 Nighttime Adventure 🌟 Symbolic Stars

The Star Outside My Window 90%

A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.

by Onjali Q. Raúf 2019

4.31

3k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care Story 🤝 Found Family 👫 Sibling Devotion 🌙 Nighttime Adventure 🌟 Symbolic Stars

Counting by 7s

by Holly Goldberg Sloan • 2013

Orphaned at twelve, a plant-obsessed genius grows a new family from the strangers around her.

4.14

88k+

🫂 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Kid 💔 Grief And Healing 🌼 Quiet Resilience 👨‍🏫 Unlikely Guardian

Counting by 7s 90%

Orphaned at twelve, a plant-obsessed genius grows a new family from the strangers around her.

by Holly Goldberg Sloan 2013

4.14

88k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Kid 💔 Grief And Healing 🌼 Quiet Resilience 👨‍🏫 Unlikely Guardian

City of the Beasts

by Isabel Allende • 2004

A grieving teen and his grandmother hunt a mythic Amazon beast and uncover a deadly conspiracy.

3.74

47k+

🌿 Ecological Fantasy 🗺️ Mythic Quest 🐾 Animal Spirit Bond 👥 Found Family 🌌 Indigenous Spirituality

City of the Beasts 90%

A grieving teen and his grandmother hunt a mythic Amazon beast and uncover a deadly conspiracy.

by Isabel Allende 2004

3.74

47k+ ratings

🌿 Ecological Fantasy 🗺️ Mythic Quest 🐾 Animal Spirit Bond 👥 Found Family 🌌 Indigenous Spirituality

Alone

by Megan E. Freeman • 2021

A twelve-year-old wakes to a deserted town, stranded with nothing but a neighbor's rottweiler.

4.13

22k+

📖 Novel In Verse 🏝️ Solo Survival 🐕 Girl And Her Dog 🏚️ Abandoned Town 🌫️ Eerie Atmosphere

Alone 90%

A twelve-year-old wakes to a deserted town, stranded with nothing but a neighbor's rottweiler.

by Megan E. Freeman 2021

4.13

22k+ ratings

📖 Novel In Verse 🏝️ Solo Survival 🐕 Girl And Her Dog 🏚️ Abandoned Town 🌫️ Eerie Atmosphere

The Search for WondLa

by Tony DiTerlizzi • 2009

Raised in a bunker by a robot mother, a girl emerges into a future Earth to search for other humans.

4.11

14k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🤖 Robot Mother 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💔 Last Of Her Kind 🌅 Bittersweet Adventure

The Search for WondLa 90%

Raised in a bunker by a robot mother, a girl emerges into a future Earth to search for other humans.

by Tony DiTerlizzi 2009

4.11

14k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🤖 Robot Mother 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💔 Last Of Her Kind 🌅 Bittersweet Adventure

Because of Winn-Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo • 2000

New in town, missing her mother, Opal adopts a stray dog who leads her to community.

4.10

281k+

🐕 Dog Companion 🏡 Found Family 🏘️ Small-Town Community 👵 Eccentric Elders 📖 Storytelling

Because of Winn-Dixie 90%

New in town, missing her mother, Opal adopts a stray dog who leads her to community.

by Kate DiCamillo 2000

4.10

281k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Companion 🏡 Found Family 🏘️ Small-Town Community 👵 Eccentric Elders 📖 Storytelling

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite

by Pierre Bottero • 2002

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

4.06

136

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite Summary

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite 90%

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

by Pierre Bottero 2002

4.06

136 ratings

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

The Science of Breakable Things

by Tae Keller • 2018

To save her mom from depression, a girl enters an egg drop contest chasing an orchid.

4.12

5k+

🧠 Family Mental Health 🔬 Science Project 👫 Friendship Trio 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🌱 Hope And Healing

The Science of Breakable Things 90%

To save her mom from depression, a girl enters an egg drop contest chasing an orchid.

by Tae Keller 2018

4.12

5k+ ratings

🧠 Family Mental Health 🔬 Science Project 👫 Friendship Trio 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🌱 Hope And Healing

Gregor the Overlander

by Suzanne Collins • 2003

An 11-year-old falls beneath New York. Prophecy pits him against giant rats to save his father.

4.04

115k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌑 Underground World 🦸 Reluctant Hero 📜 Prophecy Quest 🦇 Human-Animal Bond

Gregor the Overlander 89%

An 11-year-old falls beneath New York. Prophecy pits him against giant rats to save his father.

by Suzanne Collins 2003

4.04

115k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌑 Underground World 🦸 Reluctant Hero 📜 Prophecy Quest 🦇 Human-Animal Bond

The New Girl

by Meg Cabot • 2008

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

3.86

3k+

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption 👭 Girl Friend Group 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Quirky Family

The New Girl 89%

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

by Meg Cabot 2008

3.86

3k+ ratings

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption 👭 Girl Friend Group 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Quirky Family

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