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1) True blue
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, whose former owner was killed in a tragic accident, and Abby wonders whether the horse's skittish nature is because he is being haunted by the ghost of his former owner.
Author
Series
Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
This fast-paced racing story follows Black Minx's journey through training and preliminary races to the opening gate at Churchill Downs for America's most famous race, the Kentucky Derby.
Author
Series
Painted Pony Creek volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cord Hollister has devoted his life to training horses in Montana, but when a girl arrives in Painted Pony Creek with a shocking secret, his life is upended.
6) Crossfire
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Shell-shocked after losing a foot during his tour in Afghanistan, Captain Tom Forsyth returns to his estranged mother's house. His mother has always put horses first and family last. But now she's being blackmailed for a hefty sum every week and being forced to make her horses lose. Using the skills he honed in the military, Tom sets out to find and defeat a hidden enemy before his mother's reputation is ruined, and he ends up back in the crossfire....
Author
Series
Chestnut Hill volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
There seems to be a growing movement to replace the new Director of Riding, Ali Carmichael, can Dylan and her friends defend Ali from the conspiracy against her?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the winter of 1917, a big-boned young woman shows up at George Bliss's doorstep. She's looking for a job breaking horses, and he hires her on. Many of his regular hands are off fighting the war, and he glimpses, beneath her showy rodeo garb, a shy but strong-willed girl with a serious knowledge of horses. So begins the irresistible tale of nineteen-year-old Martha Lessen, a female horse whisperer trying to make a go of it in a man's world. It was...
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life.
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Al Dunning is a 30-year legend in Western riding competitions, and this, his first training book, is an invaluable self-help guide for riders of all levels. Dunning shares his winning insights on handling and training a horse, including body language, voicing commands, feeding, equipment, and competition. Dunning has helped train trainers across the nation, and his unique ideas have never before been collected in book form. With full-color photographs...
16) Star Gazer
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jordan's new horse Star Gazer has been neglected and has a lot to overcome, but nevertheless Jordan vows to beat Star Gazer's former owner in the state championships at the end of the summer.
17) Astra
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Forbidden to ride after her mother's death in a riding accident, thirteen-year-old Lily nurses her mother's beloved horse, Astra, back to health, hoping that someday Astra will win the Tevis Cup endurance race.
19) Storm Chaser
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When a fire forces her family to turn their home into a guest ranch, aspiring horse trainer Jessica finds herself working once again with her favorite horse, Storm Chaser, to tame the wild filly for snobbish, spoiled Ariel, Storm Chaser's future owner.
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