Wandering Stars
Cordell, Roxanna
It's like Watership Down, only with raccoons and magic.
When Thorn's forest is decimated by loggers, he begins a long journey to lead the raccoons of his tribe back to (he hopes) their ancestral home, guided by little more than the words of an old song. It's high summer, so the raccoons must hurry and find a new home in time for the fall feed. If they can't fatten up and find good dens before winter, they could starve and freeze.
But the j...