Hmmm... I'll list.
Sabriel+Lirael+Abbhorsen By Garth Nix
Silverwing, Sunwing, Firewing, Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman
The Olympians by Rick Riordan
Any "Juvenile Fiction" by Heinlein
Any of Tamora Pierce's books (Though I reccomend recent books over past books)
The Midnighters Trilogy by Scott Westerfield (And anything else he wrote)
The Lost Years of Merlin (can't remember who by)
Anything by Diana Wynne Jones (like The Dark Lord of Derkholm, which is basically a magic version of arthur dent)
Lots more, none spring to mind, however. I have to say, though, that the universe of Sabriel is just an amazing universe, as far as Death and Life are concerned. Really quite good.
OH! And my favorite, nearly forgot here, is the Firekeeper series, by Jane Lindskold. And anything by her. The titles are 'Through Wolf's Eyes', 'Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart', 'The Dragon of Despair', 'Wolf Captured', 'Wolf Hunting', 'Wolf's Blood'.
The main character was literally raised by wolves... Smart wolves. Wolves who are part of a segment of animals who are every bit as intelligent as people...