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21) Kentucky rich
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Kentucky series (Fern Michaels) volume 1
Description
The return of Nealy Coleman to SunStar, the home she fled thirty years earlier with her illegitimate child Emmie, has serious repercussions for Nealy's brothers Pyne and Rhy, as well as all the other Thorntons and Colemans associated with the thoroughbred horse farm, including Nealy herself
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Appears on list
Description
"Young colt Sky was born with the urge to run. Alongside his band, he moves across the range searching for fresh water and abundant grazing. But humans have begun to encroach on Sky’s homelands. With fewer resources to share, Sky knows that he must leave if his family is to survive. He hopes that one day, he’ll be strong and brave enough to return and challenge the stallion to lead the herd. Being a lone wild horse in a vast landscape is not...
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In the winter of 1917, when a young woman shows up at his doorstep looking for work breaking horses, George Bliss hires her on. Many of his regular hands are off fighting the war, and he glimpses, beneath her showy rodeo garb, a shy but feisty 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. At the time, it was thought...
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Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Cowgirl Kate and her cowhorse Cocoa, who is always hungry, count cows, share a story, and help each other fall asleep.
25) My friend Flicka
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
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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.
26) Clydesdales
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Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book gives a physical description of the Clydesdales and describes their history and attributes in work and play.
27) The Wild One
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Series
Phantom stallion volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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Description
Two years after being thrown by her horse, Blackie, in a near-fatal accident, Sam returns to her family's ranch and meets a mustang that could be the missing Blackie, or the legendary Phantom, or both.
28) Man o' War
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
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A fictionalized biography of the American race horse who won twenty of twenty-one races, told by a stable boy who grew up with the great horse.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Description
When he finds poison in the Black's stable, Alec suspects someone is trying to kill his beloved stallion. But just as he's puzzling over the clues, something even more disturbing happens. An Arab chieftain shows up and reclaims the Black.
30) Mustang Moon
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Series
Phantom stallion volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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Description
Phantom and Sam have become friends, and Sam is determined to defend his freedom on the open range. The mustang has been accused of stealing tame mares from local ranchers. Sam knows the Phantom isn't to blame. A local rancher offers a reward to anyone who can capture the wild stallion. The Phantom has a price on his head. Sam not only is fighting for his freedom but his life!
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Description
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.
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Pub. Date
2003
Description
Covering every aspect of horse care from grooming, exercise and routine maintenance to selecting riding gear and finding the right housing for your horse -- KISS Guide to Horses is packed with insider's tips on equine health and first aid, as well as advice on how to tackle training and competition.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 18
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"The Eighty-Dollar Champion tells the dramatic odyssey of a horse called Snowman, saved from the slaughterhouse by a young Dutch farmer named Harry. Together, Harry and Snowman went on to become America's show-jumping champions, winning first prize in Madison Square Garden. Set in the mid to late 1950s, this book captures the can-do spirit of a Cold War immigrant who believed--and triumphed"--Provided by publisher.
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Bramble and Maggie volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Bramble the horse gets bored giving riding lessons, but regains her enthusiasm when she goes to live with a girl named Maggie.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
In order to raise money to rebuild a one-hundred-thousand-dollar barn, destroyed by fire, Alec returns to racing the Black.
36) Born to trot
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Series
Marguerite Henry horseshoe library volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
As he learns about the famous Hambletonian, sire of the American trotter, young Gib White dreams of some day having his own filly become a champion trotter.
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Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Cowgirl Kate and her horse Cocoa watch over the new calves, a puppy, and some baby barn owls.
39) Wild Horse Mesa
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From the master of the western comes a novel full of romance and adventure. The story begins: The mystery and insurmountable nature of Wild Horse Mesa had usurped many a thoughtful hour of Chane Weymer's lonely desert life in Utah. Every wandering rider had a strange story to tell about this vast tableland. But Chane had never before seen it from so lofty and commanding a height as this to which Toddy Nokin, the Piute, had led him; nor had there ever...
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Series
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa volume 4
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Cowgirl Kate and her cow horse, Cocoa, discover what it means to work, play, and be together--rain or shine.