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Broken Pride (Bravelands series)

by Erin Hunter

Illustrator: Owen Richardson

Ages: 9+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Harper/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-264202-8

Keywords: Animal Behavior, Alliances

Three young animals -- a lion, a baboon, and an elephant -- experience friendship, revenge, magic, and betrayal on the African savanna. First in a series.