Horse diaries
Author
1) Elska
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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.
2) Bell's Star
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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.
3) Koda
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
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.
5) Golden Sun
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
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.
6) Yatimah
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
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.
7) Risky Chance
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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.
8) Black Cloud
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 8
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
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.
10) Darcy
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 10
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Born on a windy hill off the coast of Ireland in 1917, a Connemara pony named Darcy is sold to a farm family and trained to pull a cart and plow.
11)
Jingle Bells , Horse diaries volume 11
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12)
Luna , Horse diaries volume 12
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13)
Cinders , Horse diaries volume 13
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14)
Calvino , Horse diaries volume 14
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15)
Lily , Horse diaries volume 15
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Penny , Horse diaries volume 16
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