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2) Horse thief
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Saddle Club volume 83
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
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When five hundred dollars is stolen from the stable office the Saddle Club investigates.
3) Hidalgo
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Burbank, CA
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In the 1890's Frank T. Hopkins, a former U.S. Cavalry dispatch rider who is haunted by memories of what he saw at the battle of Wounded Knee, and his mustang Hidalgo, are performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, billed as the greatest horse and rider the West has ever known. This leads them to be invited to run in the 3,000 mile endurance race across the Middle Eastern desert, the Ocean of Fire, by one of the leading Arabian Sheiks. The race soon...
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When Sarah's grandfather gives her a beautiful horse named Boo--hoping that one day she'll follow in his footsteps to join an elite French riding school, away from their gritty London neighborhood--she quietly trains in city's parks and alleys. But then her grandfather falls ill, and Sarah must juggle horsemanship with school and hospital visits. Natasha, a young lawyer, is reeling after her failed marriage: her professional judgment is being questioned,...
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Series
Magic kitten volume 8
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Zoe is not happy that her mom has sent her away to spend the summer at her grandma's house. She wanted to spend it horseback-riding at home. But when magic calico-colored kitten Flame appears in the orchard behind the house, Zoe's summer begins to gallop by"--
Zoe is not happy that her mom has sent her away to spend the summer at her grandma's house--she wanted to spend it horseback-riding at home, but when magic calico-colored kitten Flame appears...
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Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another. Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world. Coronado is Maggie’s horse. An absolutely top-tier Belgian warmblood. Sky is Becky’s horse. A small, speedy Dutch warmblood. Only James Patterson could bring you such breakneck...
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West Country trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
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Leo is on a journey. Aged thirteen and banished from the secluded farm of his childhood, he travels through Devon, grazing on berries and sleeping in copses. Behind him lies the past, and before him the West Country, spread out like a tapestry. But a wanderer is never alone for long, try as he might - and soon Leo is taken in by gypsies, with their wagons, horses and vivid attire. Yet he knows he cannot linger, and must forge on to Penzance, towards...
9) The Mare
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Velveteen Vargas is eleven years old, a Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn. Her host family is a couple in upstate New York: Ginger, a failed artist and shakily recovered alcoholic, and her academic husband, Paul, who wonder what it will mean to "make a difference" in such a contrived situation. Gaitskill illuminates their shifting relationship with Velvet over several years, as well as Velvet's encounter with the horses at the stable down the road...
10) Rush for gold
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Series
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
In need of two hundred dollars, the entry fee for competing in the Palomino Parade, Landy hears a local legend about hidden gold and becomes determined to find the treasure.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Set in the glamorous, competitive world of showjumping, a novel about the girls who ride, their cutthroat mothers, and a suspicious death at a horse show...from the author of Good Rich People When the nouveau riche Parker family moves to an exclusive community in the heart of Southern California, they believe it's their chance at a fresh start. Heather Parker is determined to give her daughters the life she never had-starting with horses. She signs...
14) Horseback riding
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"There are many steps to learning how to ride a horse. To mount a horse, riders grab the reins in their hands and face the animal's left side. Still holding the reins, riders grasp the saddle and step into the stirrup. They stand up in the stirrup and swing the other leg over the horse. Discover more about this activity in Horseback Riding, a title in the Outdoor Adventures and Sports series. This title covers the basics of horseback riding, going...
15) Racing Savannah
Author
Series
Hundred Oaks volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
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Working at a fancy farm that trains horses for the Kentucky Derby, Savannah tries to deflect the attention of the owner's son as she pursues her dream of becoming a jockey.
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"Two courageous young women, tied together by blood and shared passion, will risk everything to save what they love most. For as long as she can remember, Allie Massey, a gifted physical therapist, has dreamed of making her grandparents' ten-acre estate into a trauma recovery center using equine therapy--a dream her grandmother, Nana Dale, embraced wholeheartedly. But when her grandmother's will is read, Allie is shocked to learn the property has...
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"The most comprehensive single volume dedicated to horses, Original Horse Bible, 2nd Edition is a celebration of the long relationship that humans and horses enjoy, written by two highly regarded horsewomen, the late Moira C. Allen and Sharon Biggs. Covering an array of topics that span the world of horses, including evolution, domestication, horseback riding, training, competing, breeding, and so much more, making this complete guide is a must-have...
18) Horse Shy
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
After she and her Saddle Club friends return from an enjoyable overnight camping trip with other members of Pine Hollow Stables, Carole is delighted to be given the care of a thoroughbred stallion she's come to love.
19) Riding Lessons
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As a world-class equestrienne and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, her beloved and distinctively marked horse. Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and abandoned, she is bringing her troubled teenaged daughter to this place of pain and memory,...
20) Horse crazy
Author
Series
Saddle Club volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Carole, Stevie and Lisa have made big plans for the overnight campout for the students of Pine Hollow stables. When Stevie's parents refuse to pay unless she improves her grades, she decides to start hew own business and raise the money instead.