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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
700L
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English
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"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.
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English
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"I am Buffalo Bill's horse. I have spent my life under his saddle-with him in it, too, and he is good for two hundred pounds, without his clothes..." One of the earliest and greatest Americans to bring animal welfare to public attention, this 1907 story sends up the tall tale, among other things.
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English
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"In this book, Shatner speaks from the heart about the remarkable effect horses have had on his life, and on the lives of others. Drawing not just from his own decades of experience but also from a wealth of classic horse stories, this book captures the unique connection between humans and horses -- and the power, courage, mindfulness, and healing that they can inspire in us"--
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Billy and Blaze and his dog Rex were always together. Every day the three of them would go for long rides through the woods. One day the met a covered wagon driven by gypsies. The next morning when Billy went to the barn to feed Blaze he was gone. The gypsies had taken him, but Blaze found a way to get back home.
7) Mystic horse
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
After caring for an old abandoned horse, a poor young Pawnee boy is rewarded by the horse's mystic powers.
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"Tornado Boy is a fine blue roan colt owned by Jim McDougal. He rescues Tornado Boy from quicksand the same day the horse is born. Jim tames him and has high hopes of having a great horse someday. The scourge of the West, horse rustlers, drive Tornado Boy and his mother far away. For three years the young horse suffers almost beyond human comprehension. He survives pulling a wagon for Crazy Barney, a fight to the finish with a wild stallion,...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"No one could ride Black Storm-no one except Joe Blain, the only cowboy the great horse trusted. Then one night the black gelding was stolen. He was beaten and starved, but his proud spirit remained unbroken. At last he escaped to a desperate freedom haunted by man and wolf. And while Joe Blain searched the Kansas hills, a defiant Black Storm dodged bullets and timber wolves to find the only man he could serve." -- back cover.
17) Magic hoofbeats
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2004.
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English
Description
Retellings of horse lore originating throughout the world.
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