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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
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Accompanying Nick and Sally to a Super-Tremendous-Stupendous Horse Show, the Cat in the Hat explains the longtime relationship between people and horses, introduces the work of a farrier, identifies basic horse anatomy and shares fun facts about 13 popular breeds.
Author
Publisher
Storey Pub., LLC
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Mindful work with horses, says neurosurgeon Allan J. Hamilton, can enlighten the human handler as much as it benefits the horse. Evolving over 30 million years to become the quintessential prey animal, equines have developed acute right-brain survival skills, such as leadership, awareness, empathy, and cooperation. In particular the horse has finely honed abilities to lead, communicate, and connect not with words, but with the vital emotional energy...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2007].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode.
8) Busy horsies
Author
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text and photographs depict the activities of horses, such as strolling across a field, leaping over a fence, and rolling in the snow. On board pages.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled little mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse. They had no idea that the skinny, underfed horse had one of the biggest and bravest hearts they'd ever known. And one of the biggest appetites! Soon Reckless showed herself more than willing to carry ammunition too heavy for the soldiers to haul. As cannons thundered and shells flew through the air, she marched...
13) If I had a horse
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 360L
Language
English
Description
If I had a horse, he might be shy, like me. But if I stayed quiet, he'd learn to be my friend. I would have to tame him. I would have to be strong, like him. And he would have to be gentle, like me. And together, we could do anything.
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.
15) Black Beauty
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Faithfully based on Anne Sewell's classic novel, this beloved horse story is told by its hero, the gallant Beauty, whose joyous and heartbreaking life takes him from idyllic days on a country squire's estate to London's hard, cobblestoned streets, through decades of owners both kindly and harsh.
16) Born in shame
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Born in Shame is the third novel in the trilogy of three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. Shannon Bodine's life revolves around her job as a graphic artist at a New York ad agency. But her world turns upside down when she learns the identity of her real father: Thomas Concannon. Obeying her late mother's wishes, Shannon reluctantly travels to County Clare. There, amid the...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It is a story about three best friends, the horses they love, and a world of adventure. Lucky, a gutsy twelve-year-old girl, befriends a wild mustang she names Spirit. With her two best friends, Abigail and Pru, and their horses by their sides, they explore a world filled with endless rides and never-ending fun. Together they will push their own limits and discover what it truly means to be free.
19) Rescuing hope
Author
Publisher
SunCatcher Publications
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Samantha Moser's quest to buy the ranch her great-grandparents once owned-- the ranch she's struggled to manage for a heartless owner-- seems impossible. With the help of the troubled teen she's mentoring, and her rescue horses, life is rich under the Montana sky. But when a group of veterans with PTSD need her help, and the man she could find happiness with has a serious accident while helping her rescue another horse, life takes an overwhelming,...