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English
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In the winter of 1917, a big-boned young woman shows up at George Bliss's doorstep. She's looking for a job breaking horses, and he hires her on. Many of his regular hands are off fighting the war, and he glimpses, beneath her showy rodeo garb, a shy but strong-willed girl with a serious knowledge of horses.
So begins the irresistible tale of nineteen-year-old Martha Lessen, a female horse whisperer trying to make a go of it in a man's...
So begins the irresistible tale of nineteen-year-old Martha Lessen, a female horse whisperer trying to make a go of it in a man's...
2) Crossfire
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Language
English
Description
Shell-shocked after losing a foot during his tour in Afghanistan, Captain Tom Forsyth returns to his estranged mother's house. His mother has always put horses first and family last. But now she's being blackmailed for a hefty sum every week and being forced to make her horses lose. Using the skills he honed in the military, Tom sets out to find and defeat a hidden enemy before his mother's reputation is ruined, and he ends up back in the crossfire....
3) Star Gazer
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jordan's new horse Star Gazer has been neglected and has a lot to overcome, but nevertheless Jordan vows to beat Star Gazer's former owner in the state championships at the end of the summer.
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life.
5) Storm Chaser
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When a fire forces her family to turn their home into a guest ranch, aspiring horse trainer Jessica finds herself working once again with her favorite horse, Storm Chaser, to tame the wild filly for snobbish, spoiled Ariel, Storm Chaser's future owner.
6) A good horse
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Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
On her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt tries to rely on her Christian faith as she faces the possibility of giving up her beloved colt, Jack.
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Series
Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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This fast-paced racing story follows Black Minx's journey through training and preliminary races to the opening gate at Churchill Downs for America's most famous race, the Kentucky Derby.
9) Astra
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Forbidden to ride after her mother's death in a riding accident, thirteen-year-old Lily nurses her mother's beloved horse, Astra, back to health, hoping that someday Astra will win the Tevis Cup endurance race.
Author
Publisher
[Stu Campbell]
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
Description
"The colt was a gruella, a mouse-colored dun. He had a black stripe down his back, like most buckskins. He had white socks on each leg and the socks on his hind feet went almost up to his flanks. The socks on his front feet went to his knees. He had a wide blaze on the front of his face that went from between his ears down to his nose. His mane and tail were black. He also had some black stripes around his front legs above the socks. He made an impressive...
11) Pie in the Sky
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Abby Lovitt is put in charge of training the expensive and haughty horse Pie in the Sky when his owner refuses. While trying to get a hold on him, she must deal with the new challenges, both good and bad, that come with being a freshman in high school in 1970's Northern California"--
12) True blue
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, whose former owner was killed in a tragic accident, and Abby wonders whether the horse's skittish nature is because he is being haunted by the ghost of his former owner.
14) The scheme team
Author
Series
Chestnut Hill volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
There seems to be a growing movement to replace the new Director of Riding, Ali Carmichael, can Dylan and her friends defend Ali from the conspiracy against her?
15) Country strong
Author
Series
Painted Pony Creek volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cord Hollister has devoted his life to training horses in Montana, but when a girl arrives in Painted Pony Creek with a shocking secret, his life is upended.
Author
Series
Big Apple Barn volume 4
Publisher
Scholstic
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With encouragement from his rider, Ivy, and his mother, Gracie, pony Happy Go Lucky competes for the first time in a horse show.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.
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