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Prompt: A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
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246 books · 108 voters · list created August 29th, 2021 by Emily Bourque (votes) .
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message 1: by NancyJ (last edited Aug 29, 2021 01:08PM) (new)

NancyJ Do we have a minimum page number? I'm concerned that some of the children's books might be too short.

Velveteen Rabbit might be on the list out of love and to celebrate it's anniversary. but it's only 33 pages.


message 2: by Chrissy (new)

Chrissy There’s no minimum, that’s up to you to decide for yourself.


message 3: by Emily (new)

Emily Bourque There is no minimum for the ATY Reading Challenge. We occasionally have page minimums for the Read-a-Thon games or the seasonal reading challenges, but none for the main challenge.


message 4: by NancyJ (new)

NancyJ OK, thanks. I think I saw it on the summer challenge.


message 5: by NancyJ (new)

NancyJ I deleted some of my votes because I realized that the Main character was human.


message 6: by NancyJ (last edited Aug 29, 2021 09:27PM) (new)

NancyJ I removed my votes for books that I realized have human main characters, such as Julie of the Wolves. I'm not sure about the Wizard of Oz.

Does anyone remember enough about the Narnia books and the Wayfarers books to know if the Main Characters are humans? I'm confident that Closed and Common Orbit fits this prompt, but I'm not sure about the first Wayfarers book.


message 7: by Emily (last edited Aug 30, 2021 05:44AM) (new)

Emily Bourque I think it will depend on how strictly you define "main character". For example, Dorothy is human, and if you think she is the only main character in Wizard of Oz, then it wouldn't work. But Wizard of Oz also has quite a few non-human characters that play major roles in the story... I'd consider Glenda, the Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man to all be main characters as well, so then it would count.

I plan on being pretty flexible on this prompt, considering how few of the books on the listopia I have on TBR.


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