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Tales With Tails: Book Girls and Their Animals

A universal truth is life is better with an animal hanging around — most of the time. Whether it’s a pygmy hippo, a family of skunks, a wooly mammoth or an octopus, these literary ladies have made unlikely companions that we too can fall in love with on the page. From a whirlwind murder mystery to a girl’s obsession with a local bear and a lonely mountain lion living under the Hollywood sign, these tales with tails can’t be missed.

Mina's Matchbox: A Novel

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Mina's Matchbox: A Novel

Mina's Matchbox: A Novel

By Yoko Ogawa
Translator Stephen B. Snyder

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The compelling new novel from National Book Award finalist Yoko Ogawa is the story of a young girl’s curiosity and courage, an unconventional family, and their pygmy hippo.

The compelling new novel from National Book Award finalist Yoko Ogawa is the story of a young girl’s curiosity and courage, an unconventional family, and their pygmy hippo.

Pearly Everlasting: A Novel

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Pearly Everlasting: A Novel

Pearly Everlasting: A Novel

By Tammy Armstrong

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A remarkable story about a girl and her brother from another (furrier) mother. Journey through the forest and back in time in this tale of friendship, family and hope.

A remarkable story about a girl and her brother from another (furrier) mother. Journey through the forest and back in time in this tale of friendship, family and hope.

The Last Animal

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The Last Animal

The Last Animal

By Ramona Ausubel

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Smart and unexpected, funny and unforgettable, big-hearted and hopeful, The Last Animal is a story of mothers and daughters, teenage sisters, love and grief (and consequences), big ideas and bigger dreams, and a woolly mammoth.

Smart and unexpected, funny and unforgettable, big-hearted and hopeful, The Last Animal is a story of mothers and daughters, teenage sisters, love and grief (and consequences), big ideas and bigger dreams, and a woolly mammoth.

Remarkably Bright Creatures (Read with Jenna Pick)

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Remarkably Bright Creatures (Read with Jenna Pick)

Remarkably Bright Creatures (Read with Jenna Pick)

By Shelby Van Pelt

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Sometimes a short synopsis is all you need: A detective octopus helps a grieving aquarium employee solve the mystery of her missing son. It’s certainly unique in vessel, but the themes of coping, recovering, and moving forward resonate whether you have two arms or eight.

Sometimes a short synopsis is all you need: A detective octopus helps a grieving aquarium employee solve the mystery of her missing son. It’s certainly unique in vessel, but the themes of coping, recovering, and moving forward resonate whether you have two arms or eight.

Bear: A Novel

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Bear: A Novel

Bear: A Novel

By Julia Phillips

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Sisterhood is the stuff of fairytales, and Julia Phillips has written a wild story about the collision between people’s dreams and animals’ realities. Equal parts mythology and modernity, playful and ominous, and fantastically realistic.

Sisterhood is the stuff of fairytales, and Julia Phillips has written a wild story about the collision between people’s dreams and animals’ realities. Equal parts mythology and modernity, playful and ominous, and fantastically realistic.

The Skunks

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The Skunks

The Skunks

By Fiona Warnick

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Slow down and smell the skunks! Fiona Warnick explores the odd in-between of feeling not quite grown and not quite a child in this novel of crushes and coming-of-age, friendship and its follies.

Slow down and smell the skunks! Fiona Warnick explores the odd in-between of feeling not quite grown and not quite a child in this novel of crushes and coming-of-age, friendship and its follies.

Open Throat: A Novel

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Open Throat: A Novel

Open Throat: A Novel

By Henry Hoke

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An absolute marvel of a book, Open Throat packs a serious punch in its 176 unforgettable pages. It’s both a literal and emotional journey, and it’s all told in the completely original voice of a mountain lion living beneath the Hollywood sign.

An absolute marvel of a book, Open Throat packs a serious punch in its 176 unforgettable pages. It’s both a literal and emotional journey, and it’s all told in the completely original voice of a mountain lion living beneath the Hollywood sign.

Sea Change

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Sea Change

Sea Change

By Gina Chung

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A tender coming-of-age story that explores complicated families, failure (and redefining success), the depths of loss and the lengths we’ll go to find what’s missing. You’ll be rooting for Ro as she searches for her long-lost father — and her place in a world transformed. If you loved Crying in H-Mart, read this next.

A tender coming-of-age story that explores complicated families, failure (and redefining success), the depths of loss and the lengths we’ll go to find what’s missing. You’ll be rooting for Ro as she searches for her long-lost father — and her place in a world transformed. If you loved Crying in H-Mart, read this next.