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1) Buck
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Explores the life and career of real life "horse-whisperer" Buck Brannaman.
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Series
Sneaky Pony series volume 2
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Keeker and her pony Plum enter their very first horse show, where they are confronted by much more experienced riders.
5) Horse thief
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Series
Saddle Club volume 83
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
When five hundred dollars is stolen from the stable office the Saddle Club investigates.
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Series
Silver Pony Ranch volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Nine-year-old Tori is thrilled to be spending the summer at her grandmother's ranch, even if she has to share a room with her younger sister Miranda, who is eight--there is a beautiful, but very nervous, new pony called Jewel that she would love to ride, but her grandmother feels that this pony is just too much for a child.
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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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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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Series
West Country trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
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...
10) 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...
12) Out of my heart
Author
Series
Out of my mind volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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Description
"Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My Mind, is a year older, and a year braver. And now with her Medi-talker, she feels nothing's out of her reach, not even summer camp. There have to be camps for differently-abled kids like her, and she's going to sleuth one out. A place where she can trek through a forest, fly on a zip line, and even ride on a horse! A place where maybe she really can finally make a real friend, make her own decisions,...
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Fifteen-year-old equestrian prodigy Roan Montgomery has only ever known two worlds: inside the riding arena, and outside of it. Both, for as long as she can remember, have been ruled by her father, who demands strict obedience in all areas of her life. The warped power dynamic of coach and rider extends far beyond the stables, and Roan's relationship with her father has long been inappropriate. She has been able to compartmentalize that dark aspect...
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"I can't! I'm not riding again!" No matter how often Charlie repeats the words, his friends simply won't believe him. After all, he has a place at racing school starting in a couple of months. Just what could have happened to make him so scared?
16) Sweet Buttercup
Author
Series
Silver Pony Ranch volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While staying at their grandmother's ranch, sisters Tori and Miranda are practicing to compete in different events at the local horse show--but Ashley, a rude and conceited girl who is stabling her pony at the ranch, is constantly criticizing everthing, their costumes, their ponies, Jewel and Buttercup, and generally draining the fun out of the summer.
18) 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...
19) 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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Description
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.
20) Riding Lessons
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Series
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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,...