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THE CAPTAIN'S DOG

by Roland Smith

Come along with Lewis, Clark and Seaman, a 150-pound Newfoundland dog, as they form friendships with several Indian tribes, survive near-death encounters, grizzly bear attacks, and buffalo bull stampedes through the camp. and cross the Continental Divide. Part history, part science - and adventure through and through - The Captain's Dog is the carefully researched, thrilling tale of an incredible journey of discovery, as seen through the keen,compassionate eyes of a remarkable dog.

WATERSHIP DOWN

by Richard Adams

"One of the most beloved novels of our time,

Watership Down is an epic of courage and survival against the odds, Watership Down is also an exciting adventure story and an involving allegory about freedom, ethics, and even human nature, in what has become a beloved classic for all ages."

MRS. FRISBY AND

THE RATS OF NIMH

by Robert C. O’Brien

Sometimes the bravest thing in the world is a small, scared mother doing whatever it takes to protect her family. A frightened widow mouse has one night to save her sick child, and her only hope is a colony of rats living beneath a farmer's rosebush; a secret society of rats who can read, build, and outwit humans. Mrs. Frisby is about to discover how they got that way. Small mouse. Giant courage. Impossible odds.

WAR HORSE

by Michael Morpurgo

Told entirely through the eyes of a horse, War Horse shows World War I as no soldier could tell it.

Joey never chose a side, but the Great War chose him, dragging him from a Devon farm into the mud and horror of the Western Front. Through his eyes, you'll see the human cost of war and the small acts of mercy that survive it.

A MOUSE CALLED MIIKA
Short Stories for English Language Learners
by Matt Haig

A Mouse Called Miika is an epic adventure story on a miniature scale. It's a tale of mice and men (and more mice). It is about one independent mouse who gets fed up with the other mice, and sets out on a quest of his own to prove that cheese exists.

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Novels and Short Stories

Dogs, Rabbits, Birds, Mice, Rats, Horses, Humans : A Special Animal Edition of ESL-Bits

ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN NOVELS:
various genres that explore themes of authoritarianism, resistance, and individual freedom.

1984
by George Orwell

Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

 "Then the King will say - 'Come, you who are blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'" 

"Then he will say - 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'   
 
[ -Matthew 25: verses 34 and 41 ]

PREQUEL
American Fight Against Fascism
by Rachel Maddow

Animal Farm
by George Orwell

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

The Iron Heel
by Jack London

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis

Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada

White Rose
by Kip Wilson

Practice Using Articles
'a' - 'an' - 'the'
English Idioms, Sayings & Slang
Companions


My companions are 'Sunny' [Great Pyrenees mix) and 'Ruby' [Saint Bernard)

' We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us,
not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.'  
—Maurice Maeterlinck

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