Non-Western/non-English speaking fantasy, second world or not, is awesome; it's learning Elvish which bores me.
Great recommendations, thank you! The Cherryh books look particularly intriguing (scifi is just as welcome as fantasy); also the Norton. I'll look into them.
You should go OLD school and try Andre Norton -- she wrote a lot of books about animal/human teams, and a lot of her books are now available at dirt-cheap prices on Kindle and other e-readers!
They're YA, but not series. They are retellings of fairy tales, but not with dwarves and elves, more like kings and princesses and small amounts of nature and fairies having magic.
I read and loved Deerskin, and there certainly is a lot of animal bonds in McKinley (The Blue Sword also comes to mind). I've never been sold on her animals, thoughthey're more uncanny than magical, idealized rather than bonded. Good suggestions though, thank you!
Silverhorse by Lene Kaaberbol is a YA fantasy with companion "hellhorses", who are not in the least cuddly... The protagonist starts out as something of a brat, but it's worth persisting with the book because there's real character development as the book progresses.
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Great recommendations, thank you! The Cherryh books look particularly intriguing (scifi is just as welcome as fantasy); also the Norton. I'll look into them.
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here are a cat and a dog who learned a lot from their Master who is Master with many skills.
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The Beastmaster series: Beastmaster, Lord of Thunder, Beast Master's Circus, Beast Master's Quest
Moon of Three Rings and sequel Exiles of the Stars
The X Factor
Catseye
Breed to Come
and most of the Witch World series has something about animal communication!
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They're YA, but not series. They are retellings of fairy tales, but not with dwarves and elves, more like kings and princesses and small amounts of nature and fairies having magic.
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