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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
teenager Velvet seems like any other girl who's horse-crazy. but who else would dare chop off her hair, don jockey's clothes, and enter the world's toughest steeplechase? Here's the story that made Elizabeth Tayor a teenage screen star...a story you'll laugh over, cry over, and never forget.
2) 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...
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"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....
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Galwyn, son of a Roman Celt, escapes from his tyrannical uncle and joins Lord Artos, later know as King Arthur, using his talent with languages and way with horses to help secure and care for the Libyan horses that Artos hopes to use in battle against the Saxons.
Author
Series
Publisher
EDC]
Pub. Date
2012, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Roman servant girl Minna has run away to the big city on her beloved horse, Silva. Hopelessly in love with the courageous commander Theo, her only thought is to gain his admiration-whatever it takes."--p. 4 of cover.
6) Green Jasper
Author
Series
De Granville trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Having returned to a politically unstable England after the Crusades, brothers Will and Gavin--with the help of the red horse Hosanna--attempt to rescue their friend Ellie who is being held prisoner by an enemy of King Richard I.
8) Black Beauty
Author
Series
Publisher
CCS Books
Pub. Date
July 2017.
Language
English
Description
Retells, in graphic novel form, the tale of a horse in Victorian England as he recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In a post-apocalyptic Great Britain, after her mother's death Serendipity, about twelve, leaves Lahn Dan and teams up with an orphan, Tab, hoping to find horses surviving somewhere.
10) Highway robbery
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
On a cold day in eighteenth-century England, a poor young boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a notorious highwayman.
11) Belladonna
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In 1757 England, clever but unschooled Thomas Rose helps the spirited Ling seek Belladonna, the horse she rode in the circus, and in their quest they meet painter George Stubbs who euthanizes animals to study their anatomy, but he assures them her horse is safe at a nearby estate.
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Anna Sewell's 'Black Beauty' was an immediate success on its publication in 1877, and has gone on to sell an estimated 50 million copies. Black Beauty is a horse with a fine black coat, a white foot and a silver star on his forehead. Seen through his eyes, the story tells of his idyllic upbringing and the hardship and cruelty he suffers subsequently, before finding security and happiness in a new home.
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