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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Misty's Twilight is part thouroughbred, part Chinoteague pony, and one hundred percent fire and talent. A direct descendant of the most famous pony ever, Misty of Chinoteague, Twilight has greatness in her blood. Now it's her turn to shine, perhaps as a cutting horse, a jumper, or in the graceful art of dressage.Can Twilight, whose ancestors were wild ponies living on an untamed island, do it? Can she compute against the best horses in the world...and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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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.
3) Horse
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A photo essay introducing members of the horse family, their evolution, behavior, importance, history, breeding, and training. Includes major international breeds of domestic horses.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
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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.
6) Wild horses
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Examines the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of wild horses, now found only in Africa, Asia--and in zoos.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Henry Dailey buys a spoiled, contrary two-year-old filly, a daughter of the Black, in November, and is determined to have a Kentucky Derby candidate by May.
8) Wild horses
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Long ago, all horses were wild. In time, people taught them to wear a saddle and a bit. But some hroses wer not tamed. They never pulled a wagon. They never carried a rider or stayed in a stable. And they were never fenced in. On the moors of England, in the American West, and in the Australian outback, the world's wild horses still run free.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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A late-eighteenth-century carriage maker turns professional horse-tamer, and deals with many vicious or badly trained horses, and one unscrupulous showman.
10) My friend Flicka
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
The story of an eleven year old boy whose one intense desire is that he have a colt of his own. The whole action of the story takes place against the pattern of a ranch devoted to raising blooded horses, out in Wyoming. At last his wish is granted, and he chooses his yearling, against all advice. The story is centered on the process of winning 'Flicka' and of proving the rightness of his choice.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When Alec receives the black stallion's first son as a gift, he believes his dreams have come true, but Satan is a dangerous and unpredictable horse.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
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English
Description
Pitch and Steve's secret island valley is discovered and invaded by a hard and vicious man, who is a threat to the island stallion and his band.
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English
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"I've started horses since I was 12 years old and have been bit, kicked, bucked off and run over. I've tried every physical means to contain my horse in an effort to keep from getting myself killed."Brannaman shares his methods for training and provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Robert Redford's movie The Horse Whisperer, for which he was the technical advisor.
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Billy and Blaze books volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A youngster outgrows carved ponies and stuffed ponies, and finally he wants a gray pony, with spots, please, and alive.
15) Black Beauty
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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...
16) Black Gold
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Marguerite Henry horseshoe library volume 007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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No one thinks much of Black Gold because he is so small. But Jaydee sees something special in his eyes. He knows that Black Gold would be a winner if only he were the horse’s rider! Finally, Jaydee gets his wish, and Black Gold grows strong and fast under his careful hands. Soon it will be time for the most important race in America. Do they have what it takes to win? Black Gold’s inspirational story proves that the power of love and dedication...
17) War horse
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
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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.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In order to raise money to rebuild a one-hundred-thousand-dollar barn, destroyed by fire, Alec returns to racing the Black.