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In mid-twentieth-century England, fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown, determined to turn the unruly horse she wins in a raffle into a champion, learns that she needs more than hard work and dedication to achieve her goal of riding her horse in the Grand National steeplechase.
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A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 18
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2002.
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Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.
6) War horse
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World War I has started and the military needs horses to move equipment, charge the enemy, and carry wounded soldiers off the battlefield. Joey, a farm horse is sold to the Army. Joey misses the farmer's son, Albert, and spends the war years wondering if the war will ever end and if he will ever see Albert again.
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Animal ark volume 40
Pub. Date
2004.
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English
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Mandy is thrilled when her dad wins first prize in the Christmas raffle--he is going to own a racehorse for a day.
8) Risky Chance
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Horse diaries volume 7
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2011.
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 77
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While visiting the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Aldens see a mysterious wild horse that may be a ghost.
10) Yatimah
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Horse diaries volume 6
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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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.
11) Dream of Night
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2010.
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Told from their different points of view, twelve-year-old Shiloh, a troubled foster child, Dream of Night, an abused former racehorse, and Jess, a woman who cares for both, find healing by helping one another through their pain.
12) The wild one
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Phantom stallion volume 1
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English
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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.
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Roman mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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Flavia and her friends go to Rome to celebrate the Festival of Jupiter at Senator Cornix's town house, where they befriend the young charioteer, Scopas, and quickly find themselves embroiled in a campaign to sabotage one of the rival racing factions.
15) Ghost horse
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A ghost horse helps Emily get over her unhappiness when she has to move to a small town, attend a new school, and try to make new friends.
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First published in 1926 and awarded the Newbery Medal in 1927, "Smoky the Cowhorse" is the heartfelt and dramatic tale of a horse in the final days of the Old West by Will James, a French-Canadian artist and author of numerous cowboy stories. Based loosely on the author's own horse named Smoky and his days spent cow wrangling in Saskatchewan before moving to the United States, "Smoky the Cowhorse" follows the titular horse through his life from birth...
17) Cowgirl Katie
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Katie's dad surprises her with a trip to a ranch where she can ride a real horse.
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Black Beauty has just been bought by a new owner, Jerry. During a terrible storm, Jerry's daughter is lost outside. Will Black Beauty save her, or escape to freedom?
The beloved Black Beauty returns in this new story created especially for beginning readers.
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Whinnies on the wind volume 1
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Evy discovers that she can communicate with horses telepathically but isn't sure if this gift is a blessing or a curse. When she hears some starving mustangs wander close to the wilderness cabin she shares with her reclusive mother she knows she must do something to help them.
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