SOLVED. Two Girls Rescue Rabbits from Breeder [s]

[Westcoast_girl]

This is a British book that is part of a series. The cover has a white bunny on the front.

The story is about 2 girls that are vegetarian animal rights activists. They go to visit one of the girl's father and pregnant girlfriend. There, they are horrified to find out that rabbits are being bred to be used for gloves and meat. They do protests and in the end help a group to release the rabbits.

In the process, they get one of the rabbits and bring it home to the dad's house. The dad is horrified but the girlfriend had a bunny when she was a kid and likes it.

I know the girls also rescued a dog on the train to the dad's place. They wear buttons to raise awareness about animal cruelty. At one point in the book, they visit a beach and go to a Chinese restaurant.

[bookel]

What year did you read it?

[Westcoast_girl]

I read it in 2005. I believe it was published after 1990. I seem to recall it had a green cover and was a pocket sized paperback.
I thought the title of the book was Honey Bunny but I can't find that anywhere.
The book may have been part of series about 2 animal lovers who fight for animal's welfare

[Tab]

Hmm...the plot is a little different in this bookThe Trouble with Zinny Weston , but the Booklist review mentions a Honey Bunny (perhaps that's why that name sticks out. I don't know if it is part of a series.

Review:
A warm, funny friendship story gets serious when the friends quarrel about a case of animal cruelty. Ava tells how she and Zinny hit it off from the day they meet in the fifth grade, wisecracking and acting out, wallowing in gruesome horror stories, snorting with laughter. Ava's parents are both veterinarians, and her beloved personal pets include a German shepherd, two rats, a lizard, two lovebirds, two hermit crabs, and Honey Bunny, but Zinny's family is grossed out by animals, and Zinny's only contact with a rabbit is her bunny-fur jacket. Then someone reports Zinny's mother for the cruel entrapment and drowning of a raccoon, and the girls' friendship explodes into an ugly standoff. There's some contrived plotting about who reported whom, but middle-graders will enjoy this first novel for the friend/enemy drama (after the fight, Ava feels "ashamed, hurt, guilty, innocent, confused, and sorry all at once") and for the sympathetic open discussion of animal rights. Why is one raccoon's death such a big deal? How do you balance human and animal rights?

[Westcoast_girl]

I found it! Thank you, bkl, for referencing the site worldcat.org in another post.
The book is Honey Bun by Jean Ure.

(and thank you for the other book, Tab, I agree there are some uncanny similarities!

[Rainbowheart]

Honey Bun for the clicky.