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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life.
2) War horse
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Joey the horse recalls his experiences growing up on an English farm, his struggle for survival as a cavalry horse during World War I, and his reunion with his beloved master.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Although at first unhappy that her birthday present is a trip to England and not a horse, Hannah falls in love with an English Hackney and is distressed that she may have to leave the gentle horse behind.
4) Black Beauty
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography, describing the world through the eyes of the creature. In taking this anthropomorphic approach, the author Anna Sewell broke new literary ground and her effective storytelling ability makes it very easy for the reader to accept the premise that...
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English
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"Sid Halley, a private investigator, has a new left hand, having had a transplant since his last appearance in Refusal. After receiving death threats, an ex-jockey trainer friend calls Sid to ask for his help, but Sid has his own problems to deal with; like recovering from surgery and saving his crumbling marriage. When his friend's stable yard is torched, horses killed, and the friend is found dead, Sid can only blame himself for not helping sooner....
6) Blind Beauty
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Teenage Tessa's passion for riding and her love for an ugly horse named Buffoon help her endure an unhappy life in the English countryside with a hateful stepfather.
Author
Series
Saddle Club super editions volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Skylark
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The Saddle Club girls travel to England where they participate in a competition and try to solve an ancient mystery about a duke who reportedly buried treasure under the stall of his spirited stallion that later died in a fire.
Author
Publisher
Rand McNally & Co
Pub. Date
1976 (1948)
Language
English
Description
He was named “Sham” for the sun, this golden-red stallion born in the Sultan of Morocco’s stone stables. Upon his heel was a small white spot, the symbol of speed. But on his chest was the symbol of misfortune. Although he was swift as the desert winds, Sham’s pedigree would be scorned all his life by cruel masters and owners.
This is the classic story of Sham and his friend, the stable boy Agba. Their adventures take them from the sands...
9) Black Beauty
Author
Series
Publisher
Baronet Books/Playmore
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
10) Charity's gift
Author
Series
Horseshoe trilogies volume 9
Publisher
Volo
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Josie Grace manages to find the perfect homes for her three horses, Faith, Hope and Charity, but while picking up supplies at the tack shop, Josie hears about an orphaned foal.
11) No reserve
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Language
English
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"Theo Jennings, an auctioneer in Newmarket, England, has been climbing the ladder at the bloodstock sales company. He's planning on making his first ever multi-million sale with a yearling colt. When he finds the colt dead a few days after the auction, Theo is suspicious that there was foul play involved. When a person's body is discovered in the same stable a few days later, all fingers point to him. As his world turns upside down, Theo decides to...
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Language
English
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Wounded in body and spirit after a shootout, Rayford Jessup leaves his career as a lawman and uses his gift with damaged horses to bring meaning to his solitary life. Hired by a Scotsman in Heartbreak Creek to purchase thoroughbreds, he travels to England, unaware that a traumatized horse and a beautiful Englishwoman will change his life forever.
13) A hundred horses
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Nell must spend spring break in the country with an aunt and cousins she has never met, but while there she meets a mysterious, wild girl with a strange connection to horses and an uncanny understanding of Nell.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2014, c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"On the brink of World War II, a family forced out of their London home flees to the country. Wolfie and his older sister Dodo are devastated to leave behind everything theýve ever known, but they begin settling into their new life. One day, they come across an orphaned foal, which they raise as Hero, a strong and beautiful horse who lives up to his name when he saves the children from a fire. Wolfie and Dodo find comfort in their new life, but the...