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A Dog Named Cat

Anne Toole

2017 Honorable Mention
26 Pages
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Fiction - Animals

2017 Honorable Mention
A little dog named Cat decides he doesn't want to be named that. What does he do to change his name to something new? A little dog named Cat Wondered how he got a name like that! From other animals, he had found That cats weren't very nice to be around. Another name he wished he had, Because being named Cat made him mad! What did the little dog do To change his name to something new?

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The Tides of Avarice

A Sagaria Legend
John Dahlgren

2017 Silver Medal
464 Pages
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2017 Silver Medal
BLIMEY!
It's something all pirates are taught when they're very young, but too many forget: never get on the wrong side of a librarian. Especially if the librarian is a lemming!
The bookish Sylvester Lemmington simply wants to hunt down the facts. Everyone else just seem more interested in hunting down Sylvester. Especially so, after he becomes the accidental owner of the most sought-after treasure map of all time. Now, Sylvester must deal with the humdrum of pirate life - voodoo magic, cannibals, lethal carnivores, mutinies and magical treasures. To make things worse, he's also being chased by the most ruthless pirate captain who ever sailed the seas of Sagaria, the charismatic fox Cap'n Terrigan Rustbane who really would like his map back. So, Sylvester better get his paws moving and get the treasure before it gets him! Oh, while he's at it, he might as well try to find his long-lost father, save his sweetheart Viola and rescue his hometown from the murderous rule of its callous mayor.
It's kind of a tall order for a small lemming but Sylvester is ready to face the challenges. It'sonly his future mother-in-law and her rolling pin that might be a bit of a problem...

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Seven Days to Goodbye

A Trina Ryan Novel
Sheri S. Levy

2017 Gold Medal
212 Pages
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Fiction - Animals

2017 Gold Medal

After Trina’s beloved dog dies, she swears she’ll never get another one. But then she learns about service dogs, and realizes that if she becomes a puppy raiser, she could train puppy after puppy and never worry about them dying. But like all great ideas, this one has a serious flaw: her first service puppy must be returned to his kennel at the end of their week-long summer vacation. And saying goodbye to Sydney is going to be much tougher than she ever imagined.

Trina’s last week with Sydney is made that much harder by her newly strained friendship with her best friend, Sarah, who’s become so over-the-top boy crazy that she’s almost like a stranger. Sarah is determined to have them hang out with every boy at the beach, but when a boy named Chase takes an interest in Sydney and Trina, it puts an even bigger strain on the friendship.

It’s hard enough to deal with loosing Sydney, but now she may lose her best friend, too. And even if she manages to patch things up with Sarah—and figures out what to do about Chase—she still must face a daunting decision: is she strong enough to take on another service puppy?

"Author Sheri S. Levy deftly taps adolescent themes of love, loss and friendship through the added lens of a service dog’s life-changing effects on her young trainer. A fresh twist on the familiar coming-of-age tale. Well done!" — Jennifer Leeper, author, Padre: The Narrowing Path

“Trina’s foray into the world of boys, friendship, and fashion while focusing on the important task of training service dogs strikes just the right balance. This canine-inspired coming-of-age tale is a poignant but fun summertime story.” — Val Muller, author, the Corgi Capers series and The Scarred Letter

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Taking the Lead

Adventures of a Hollywood Dog Walker, L.A. Lights Book 1
Di Jones

2016 Finalist
361 Pages
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Fiction - Animals

2016 Finalist
2016 Finalist in the Readers' Favorite Fiction - Animals category

Acting Ambitions. Hollywood Heartbreak. Doggy Deliverance.

What would you do if you were an aspiring actress offered a part in a TV series in Los Angeles…but had to give up everything else important to you to achieve that dream?

Twenty-one-year-old Tessa Taylor drops out of college and leaves her home in Washington, DC, to pursue her lifelong ambition of becoming an actress, but her decision comes at a price. Tinseltown is tough, stardom elusive, and LA exorbitantly expensive.

When her dreams crumble, Tessa struggles. Her heart bruised, she compromises to make ends meet and tries one disastrous job after another. When a fortunate coincidence leads her to a job she never thought she’d do—dog walking—her adventures begin, and a new life, and love, unfold.

Taking the Lead: Adventures of a Hollywood Dog Walker is more than just a walk in the park. It’s a humorous and heart-warming romantic comedy, infused with a touch of action, adventure, and mystery, which will appeal to dog lovers and chick-lit readers alike.

If must love dogs is more than a catchphrase to you, buy this fun clean contemporary romance in the LA Lights series. While all the books in the series are interconnected and the characters recur, each can be read as a stand alone novel.

Di Jones must be the master of pun and irony. I am officially in love with the way she writes and the only other person I have said this about is J.K Rowling! - Rabia Tanveer for Readers' Favorite

I recommend this wonderful story to any reader who enjoys a huge dollop of comedy served up with their fun and inspirational reading." - Rosie Malezer for Readers' Favorite

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The Eleventh Ring

Bartholomew the Adventurer Trilogy, Book 1
Tom Hoffman

2016 Honorable Mention
322 Pages
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Fiction - Animals

2016 Honorable Mention
From award winning author Tom Hoffman, creator of the Orville Wellington Mouse adventure series
"An epic that hits all the perfect notes of science, magic, and sweetness." -Kirkus Review
"This series has skyrocketed to the tiptop of our list of the best books we have read this year. -T.L.Coons
Bartholomew the Adventurer has 140 ratings on Goodreads and Amazon / 4.4 stars

The Bartholomew the Adventurer Trilogy is a romping tale of adventure set in the far distant future after humans have vanished from the planet. A self centered rabbit named Bartholomew sets out in search of a missing object which he is unable to describe or name. Along the way he meets his adventuring companion, Oliver T. Rabbit, a brilliant scientist who also undergoes a deep transformation in the trilogy, coming to understand that there is no magic, only science, whether it’s time travel, parallel dimensions, or manifesting physical objects with thoughts. Their adventures take them to lost cities, parallel universes and other planets, along the way meeting a host of memorable characters including ancient robotic rabbits, the Tree of Eyes, the Singing Monks of Nirriim, the Blue Spectre, and Edmund the Explorer.

The Eleventh Ring
Sent to the Cavern of Silence by his servant Parfello, Bartholomew Rabbit begins a quest to find the mysterious Great Gem. He is aided along the way by the Tree of Eyes, the nefarious Skeezle Brothers, and his new best friend Oliver T. Rabbit, a renowned scientist working for the Excelsior Electro-Vacuumator Corporation. As Bartholomew’s self-awareness and magical shaping skills grow, his quest transforms to a search for his dearest childhood friend, Clara Rabbit. To save Clara from certain death, he must defeat the evil and powerful Zoran the Emerald Shaper, wearer of the dreaded Tenth Ring.

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“Blindly reaching out for his bottle of Madame Beffy’s Headache Tonic, he knocked over a vase filled with glass marbles. They fell to the floor with a great clatter. As he watched them bouncing and skittering across the stone tiles, he had an unexpected thought. The wild, chaotic path of the marbles was not really chaotic at all. Each marble was precisely following the known laws of physical motion. He was not witnessing chaos, but order and perfection. Each marble was exactly where it should be at every moment in time.”

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Rooster

A Field Trial Fable
Edward Pontacoloni

2016 Bronze Medal
100 Pages
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2016 Bronze Medal
There is magic in this tale of an underdog.  A blue faerie sprite from the long ago forests of Ireland sings a song of hopes and dreams. An old Irish dog trainer, his young niece, and a novice handler aspire to a championship in a sport where the competition can be conspiratorial and literally snarling. Then there is Rooster, the flop eared, yellow-eyed "mongrel breed" and his buddy Sparky, and with this cast of characters the reader is given over to a fantasy in which hopes and dreams come true. Winner of the 2016 Reader's Favorite Bronze Medal for Animal Fiction, Rooster is "... a roller coaster ride of excitement...hilarious, engaging, and absolutely entertaining."  Reader's Favorite, Five Stars.

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The Story of Jack

The Pit Bull Who Became a Hero
Pam Daoust

2016 Silver Medal
138 Pages
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Fiction - Animals

2016 Silver Medal
2016 GOLD MEDAL WINNER - eLit Awards
2016 SILVER MEDAL  WINNER - Readers' Favorite Awards


"...a powerful story...beautiful and uplifting." Sara Hoklotubbe, award-winning author of SINKING SUSPICIONS.

Can a Pit Bill ever rise above the prejudice against his breed--and show the world what sort of Dog he truly is?  Can he find lasting Love and Happiness?

Jack's story is the story of Every Dog of every so-called "Dangerous Breed" that has known discrimination and ignorance. Through Jack's eyes and his unique "voice," we learn what it feels like to be a lonely, powerless Dog in a World run by Humans...and we learn what miracles are possible when Love is added to the mix...

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Antiques and Avarice

White Mountains Romantic Mysteries Book 1
Jane Firebaugh

2016 Gold Medal
284 Pages
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2016 Gold Medal
See what readers are saying about 'Antiques and Avarice, Jane Firebaugh's exciting cozy romantic mystery debut novel.
“What a wonderful debut novel!”
“If you love a fast-paced mystery, this book is for you.”
“I loved it!”
“My new favorite author.”
“I can envision a long, successful career in [Jane's] future.”

She's got a passion for antiques and a penchant for mystery...and Olivia McKenna is about to find herself in the middle of a murder investigation led by a devilishly handsome state trooper who could be the love of her life!

Check out this fun, exciting debut novel from an Amazon Top 100 author in cozy mysteries. It will make you smile and keep you guessing from start to finish!

Olivia McKenna has her own antique shop in the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire, where she makes just enough to keep her Golden Retriever, Molly, stocked in treats.

But her peaceful existence is about to get turned upside down. One day, while she's out antiquing, she discovers a body in a quaint little antique store. And that leads to a fateful meeting with Josh Abrams, the stunning state trooper with the sexy blue-green eyes who's leading the investigation.

Can Olivia help Josh solve the mystery? Will their instant attraction turn into true love? Download “Antiques and Avarice” today or order the paperback from Amazon and find out!

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A Dewdrop Away

C.A. Allen

2015 Finalist
312 Pages
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2015 Finalist
Rupert has lived his entire life under the cruel reign of the black squirrels. When he finds out that the artifact that causes the immortality of his enemies is missing, he is sent on a quest to find it and claim it for his own. Rupert is determined to overthrow the evil Emperor Venul and rule justly in his stead, but he is warned by the wise white squirrel Zirreo to be cautious, for countless things can go wrong when holding an object of magic. Years later, the Dark Wanderer, a shadowy figure claiming to be the servant of the squirrel goddess Astrippa, is loose in Arborand. When friends Mae and Flor accidentally cross paths with him, they get more than they bargained for when they discover that the darkest, wildest legends are often true. Meanwhile, Theo, an orphaned half-breed squirrel, finds a compass that doesn’t point north and is compelled by a series of disturbing messages to set out with his faithful chipmunk servant Parris to follow where it leads. What if inequality threatened to take over the land? What if the gods who ruled your childhood fears came to life? Would you bow down, or would you fight? What if fate gifted you with only one journey on which to find out?

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An Animal Life

A Chance to Cut Series, Book 2
Howard Nelson Krum

2015 Bronze Medal
310 Pages
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Fiction - Animals

2015 Bronze Medal
BOOK 2 IN THE AWARD-WINNING SERIES
Outrunning a broken childhood, Mike London is the vet school's top-dog senior student cruising toward graduation and a coveted internship when a flash of bravado with a blade nearly costs a vital service dog its life. The fatal near miss sends Mike into a tailspin threatening the lives of whales, sea turtles, and first-year students as he wrestles with his boyhood torment and a surgeon hell-bent on seeing him fail. A Chance to Cut is Mike's only chance to heal.
In this true-to-life story of heartache and humor, Howard Krum explores "the difference between you and me" through the guiding principle of modern veterinary medicine: all animals (including people) are more alike than different - we all need love to heal that broken part inside.
"Krum tells this tale of human and canine struggles with humor and sensitivity, and as a result, it's both touching and fun."   -- Kirkus Reviews