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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
760L
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English
Description
A foal, born in the aftermath of a great storm, and her famous mother help raise money to repair the storm damage on Chincoteague Island and restore the herds of wild ponies on Assateague Island.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown is determined to turn Pie, the unruly horse she won in a raffle, into a champion and personally ride him to victory in the world's greatest steeplechase, the Grand National. Velvet soon learns that it will take more than hard work and dedication to achieve her goal - she will also need love, courage, and the magical power of childhood dreams." - from back cover.
4) Black gold
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Marguerite Henry horseshoe library volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
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A tale of human devotion to a horse; the devotion of Al Hoots, its owner, of Hanley Webb, trainer, and of Jaydee Mooney, jockey. It is also a tale of an extremely courageous horse with a will to win.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Sent to live with his uncle after a violent confrontation with his stepfather, sixteen-year-old Travis, an aspiring writer, finds life in a small Oklahoma town confining until he meets an eighteen-year-old horse trainer named Casey.
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English
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"The tall, young Texan had gambled, fought, and killed in every town from Montana to Mexico. He'd been in plenty of places where there was no law, but this little hellhole was the worst. Jard Hardman and his son Dick were the law. They owned the marshal and used him to rob the town blind. These were the men Panhandle Smith had come to find--and destroy. Pan had bluffed them once, but the young gunfighter knew that this time they would call him!"
8) Black Beauty
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
When Black Beauty was born one sweet spring day, he could not have imagined the life ahead of him. Following his mother's advice to do his work with a good will, he enjoys the adventures of country and city life, makes new friends, and suffers from the cruelty and greed of his human masters. Beauty faces each challenge with bravery and kindness -- and then a chance encounter with an old friend brings him the greatest joy of all. Anna Sewell's classic...
10) The Virginian
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English
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The foreman of a large cattle ranch on the Wyoming frontier lives by the honor code of the West even though it means helping lynch a friend or possibly losing the girl he is to marry.
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English
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A delightful story of a pony, Sassy, and a dog, Tough Enough, who run away from their veterinarian's enclosure in an attempt to get back home to their owners, the Tatum family. Set in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, the pair encounter some interesting people along their way-including a couple that brings them to a zoo they own! Wonderfully illustrated by Ruth Carroll.
13) Black beauty
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English
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Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date), comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve.
Black Beauty is the classic horse story, a beautiful and touching tale told by the title character himself. Set in Victorian London, it follows...
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English
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"Black Beauty - The Autobiography of a Horse" is a 1911 novel by English author Anna Sewell (1820—1878). Having sold more than fifty million copies, it is among the top ten best-selling books of all time. The novel-originally intended for adults-was written in the last years of Sewell's life while she was housebound, being published just five months before her death. While the primary theme of the novel is animal welfare, it also teaches the reader...
16) Black Beauty
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English
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Black Beauty's classic story is retold for young horse lovers in this beautiful picture book by beloved author Ruth Brown.
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English
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Read along with Disney! Saddle up and join your favorite Disney princesses on an a-neigh-zing ride with their beloved horses. Gallop with Belle and Phillipe, compete in a horse show with Cinderella and Frou, and trot through the forest with Snow White and Astor in this lovely book featuring word-for-word narration.
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Only the bravest dare to enter the gardens of the powerful goddesses of Greek myths!
INCLUDES A FREE POSTER!
In this must-have children's storybook collection, young readers will enter a world where goddesses command the seasons, trespassers turn into pigs, and every flower has a story.
Discover magic and mythology, fruits and flowers, in three exciting myths:
• Descend into the underworld-and back again-with Persephone, the goddess of...
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