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Author
Series
Hoofbeats volume 4
Publisher
Puffin Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Katie continues the journey west to Oregon hoping to be reunited with her uncle and returning the Mustang closer to his homeland.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Orphaned at age six and taken in by a heartless couple, nine-year-old Katie Rose spends her days doing chores and dreaming of going west to find her Uncle Jack. Then Mr. Stevens brings home an unbroken Mustang, and Katie's world changes. Katie is drawn to the horse's wildness, and he seems to sense her need for companionship. So when Katie learns that the Stevenses plan to join the expansion West, without her or the Mustang, she makes a desperate...
Author
Series
Lara series volume 3
Language
English
Description
When her horse is given to a baron in the castle town of Athenry, nine-year-old Lara goes along.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Joined by Hiram the farmhand, Katie begins the journey west. At first, she is unsure if the Mustang will follow, but much to her relief, he seems to trust her. Soon, Katie and Hiram meet up with a large family who invite them to join their caravan. For the first time, it seems as though they might really make it to Oregon. But then tragedy strikes, and Katie finds herself having to choose between parting ways with Hiram, or abandoning her dreams of...
Author
Series
Hoofbeats volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
While her father is away fighting the Normans and other Irish clans, nine-year-old Lara works hard to help harvest food and also cares for the pregnant gray mare that she loves.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In the Colorado Territory in 1875, orphan Margret and her older sister Libby are staying with the kind-hearted Mrs. Fredrickson when Margret finds an injured horse which she nurses back to health and wants to keep, while Libby is too mistrustful of people to think that they might possibly have found a home.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In 1773, twelve-year-old Silence works to please her mother through household chores and weekly etiquette lessons in hopes of spending time with her beloved horse, Lily, while the men of Boston, including her Loyalist father and brother, discuss a possible war over taxation without representation.
