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Author
Series
Black Stallion volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.
Young Alec Ramsay, pulled to a deserted island by the wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, spends his days slowly building trust with "Black" while working to keep them both alive until they...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"The Eighty-Dollar Champion tells the dramatic odyssey of a horse called Snowman, saved from the slaughterhouse by a young Dutch farmer named Harry. Together, Harry and Snowman went on to become America's show-jumping champions, winning first prize in Madison Square Garden. Set in the mid- to late-1950s, this book captures the can-do spirit of a Cold War immigrant who believed--and triumphed"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Great western edition volume 45
Language
English
Description
This novel is an expanded version of Open Range written by Zane Grey. Following Grey's death, his estate allowed a ghost writer to expand the story "Open Range" into a longer novel for publication and movie rights. The stories are very similar.