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1) Bell's Star
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 2
Language
English
Description
In the Vermont spring of 1853, Bell's Star, a Morgan horse, and his owner Katie rescue a runaway slave and try to outwit the slave catchers in order to help her to freedom.
2) Risky Chance
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 7
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In the mid- to late-1930s, Risky Chance grows from a spirited colt to a winning racehorse, but an injury and the Great Depression bring hardship that only a special little girl can help him overcome.
3) Yatimah
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 6
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In a mid-ninth-century Bedouin camp in the Arabian Desert, a horse is born to a prized Arabian war mare who dies during the birth, and the foal is raised with dreams of continuing her mother's glory as a war mare. Includes facts about Arabian horses and their importance to Bedouin tribes.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 9
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Although raised on a Southern plantation and owned by a Confederate officer, a Tennessee walking horse helps a slave during the Civil War.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 4
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Maestoso Petra, a Lipizzaner stallion, trains to perform in the Spanish Riding School and is hidden away during the German occupation of Austria in World War II. Includes facts about Lipizzaner horses and the world-famous Spanish Riding School.
6) Golden Sun
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 5
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Follows Golden Sun, an Appaloosa horse, through several seasons as Little Turtle, a Nez Perce boy, raises and trains him then takes him along on a vision quest in hopes of saving his friend Pale Moon from serious illness.
7) Elska
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 1
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Around the year 1000, the Icelandic horse named Elska is born and learns about life and her role in the herd, as well as love and friendship, when she rescues the girl to whom she originally belonged. Includes facts about Icelandic horses and Iceland.
8) Black Cloud
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 8
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Despite the dangers, Black Cloud enjoys his life as a wild mustang colt in 1951 Nevada but when humans round up and slaughter his herd, he is rescued by a talkative girl named Annie who gives him a safe and comfortable life, lacking nothing but freedom.
9) Koda
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Traveling with his owners from Missouri to Oregon in 1848, Koda, an energetic two-year-old quarter horse, finds the long journey increasingly tedious and tiring until his young owner goes missing on the trail and he must use all his skills to find her.
10) Cinders
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 13
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Special crossover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Cinders is a dappled gray Percheron horse during the 1871 Great Chicago Fire"--
11) Calvino
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 14
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1570s Spain, Calvino, an Andalusian horse, is purchased from the Moreno estate in Seville to join King Phillip's stable in Cordoba.
12) Jingle Bells
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 11
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Special edition, first edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1915 Wisconsin, a farm horse named Jingle Bells worries that his family will replace him when the older son brings home a brand new Model-T Ford car. Includes facts about Clydesdale horses.
13) Penny
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 16
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Penny, a blue-eyed palomino paint mare, narrates her experiences with her owner, Buckeye Jack, and Jack's grandson, Jesse, during the 1850s Northern California gold rush.
14) Luna
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 12
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In the Netherlands in 1855, May, a young member of a circus family who is not permitted to perform because of a twisted foot, bonds with a local Friesian farm horse that she names Luna, and together the two perform a heroic act that changes their futures for the better. Includes facts about Friesian horses.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 2
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In the Vermont spring of 1853, Bell's Star, a Morgan horse, and his owner Katie rescue a runaway slave and try to outwit the slave catchers in order to help her to freedom.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume no. 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Around the year 1000, the Icelandic horse named Elska is born and learns about life and her role in the herd, as well as love and friendship, when she rescues the girl to whom she originally belonged. Includes facts about Icelandic horses and Iceland.
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