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A Golden Kite Honor Book: A boy grieving the loss of his dog meets a man who can transform the lives of animals--and people<P> Chad Holloway feels estranged from his entire family. His tantrum-throwing older sister, Julia, and baby brother, Sky, drive him crazy. His parents don't understand him a... More

More than anything else, Sarah wants a horse of her own. For years, she has dreamed about how it would be to have one -- how she would ride it and take care of it and love it. Now, her dream seems possible. Her family has moved to the country, and there's a large empty barn near their house. If only... More

In the sequel to Keeping Barney, Sarah's finally going to get her own horse, but there are too many to choose from--and she wants one just like Barney <P> With his broad chest, round rump, and short legs, Barney looks more like a Shetland pony than a big half-Morgan. And his coat is as woolly as ... More

A VOYA Poetry Pick: Award-winning author Jessie Haas takes readers on a ride back in time to celebrate the special bond between horses and humans "We have all been changed by the horse, for better and worse." --Jessie Haas Jessie Haas travels back sixty-five million years--from 5000 BCE to the prese... More

A Publishers Weekly Best Book and Parents Choice Gold Award: Following her mother's death, a thirteen-year-old has to adjust to life on a farm--and tame a wild young colt<P> It's 1910, and Harriet Gibson, orphaned by the death of her mother in a horse-and-buggy accident, is sent to live on a rela... More

Named to the Bluebonnet Award and Mark Twain Award Master Lists: Cole isn't happy about his great-uncle coming to live with his family... until Daney's in danger of losing his beloved horse<P> Cole Tatro has never met his great-uncle Daney. But after he's injured in a logging accident, he comes t... More

Jane loves ponies. Luckily her Grandma Aggie has two. SweetPea is old and gentle. Jane learns how to ride on her. Popcorn--who was born on the same day as Jane--is young and energetic. Popcorn loves to jump and go fast, and Jane wants nothing more than to ride a pony who'll jump and go fast. Popcorn... More

"Don't be afraid. The house is afire." It's spring in Vermont, in 1948. A fire has started in an isolated farmhouse, and eight-year-old Patty is the first to discover it. Help is slow to come.<P> Patty and her family must save themselves, and save their animals. Jessie Haas's family history is as ... More

Here is a completely revised, full-color second edition of the established go-to source for equestrian information. This comprehensive A-to-Z guide covers “everything horse” and bridges gaps in the equestrian universe between English and Western styles. More than 1,700 entries explain wide-ranging t... More

Radish is a feisty pony - and the best teacher Judy has ever had. He teaches her how to ride, and how to go fast and far, and even how to fall off. But most of all, he teaches her to be patient. And when Judy outgrows him, he teaches Nina all the same things, and most of all, how to be brave. But gi... More

Shy farm girl Joni’s new friendship with animal rights activist Chess unravels when Chess’s views push Joni too far in this layered coming-of-age story about two girls and their love for horses. <P><P>Joni’s world revolves around her beloved horse, Archie, and her family’s Vermont sheep farm. When... More

Set in Wyoming, Chico's Challenge follows a young buckskin quarter horse who is traded to Sierra, a teen who works her father's ranch and dreams of becoming a cutting horse champion. Chico seems to have the makings of a great cow horse, but... he has never seen a cow in his life! Can he and Sierra, ... More

Phin Chase was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now he's witness to a murder, and he must run fast and far to escape the Sleepers-the secretive, powerful organization responsible for the crime. With only his own wits to rely on, Phin hops a train to flee his small town. But there's a mysteriou... More

In this horse adventure perfect for fans of Black Beauty, a Connemara pony is pampered and beloved, then abused and neglected, until twelve-year-old Rae brings love to her again.Princess lives a charmed life of brown sugar cubes, crunchy apples, sweet grass, and adoration. But it is a lonely life; h... More

Named to the West Virginia Children's Book Award Master List: In the first horse show with her new mare, Lily competes against her best friend for the blue ribbon <P> Today's the big day. Lily and her horse, Beware, are going to compete in the junior horse show. Lily's best friend, Mandy, is also... More

An untamed horse has run away--can Lily and Beware find him and bring him home? <P> After a storm scatters all the livestock on her grandparents' farm, Lily discovers that Gramp's wild black Morgan is missing. Stogie's a horse with a mind of his own, and when he runs, no one can ever catch him. <... More

A Child Study Association of America Book of the Year: Lily's beloved horse Beware is sick--can Lily save her? <P> Something's wrong with Beware. Lily knows the minute she spies the mare standing under the trees, the way Beware does in summer to get away from the heat. But today there's no shade ... More

Named to the Sequoyah Award Master List: Experienced rider Lily is ready for a real horse--will Beware the mare bring her good or bad luck? <P> The bright-eyed bay mare in the truck looks very small. Lily's grandfather brought her home to their Vermont farm as a present for Lily. She's shaggy, he... More

James MacLiesh shocks his conventional parents when he chooses to work with horses instead of going to college--can he make it happen?<P> Bucking his parents--and tradition--seventeen-year-old James MacLiesh decides he wants to be a horse trainer. When he arrives at his cousins' farm, James ente... More

Based on real-life events, a gripping historical novel from award-winning young adult author Jessie Haas <P> To Sue Gorham, life in Westminster West isn't fair, not at all. It isn't fair that she has to do most of the backbreaking chores on their Vermont farm while her sister, Clare, gets to take... More

From award-winning author Jessie Haas, nine interconnected tales about kids and their love of animalsIn "The Wake," fifteen-year-old Kris tries to comfort her great-aunt Mil, who is grief stricken over the death of Puttins, her old cat and longtime companion. With her grave, golden-brown eyes and lo... More

Named to the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List: A fifteen-year-old copes with a parent's imminent death by nurturing two orphaned kittens in the New England countryside<P> Philip Johnson has recently moved with his mother and terminally ill father from his beloved midweste... More

Mad Parker has just graduated from eighth grade, where she had nearly perfected the art of becoming invisible, unnoticed, gone--to teachers, to classmates, to her mother, almost to herself. Now she is spending the summer (a summer of Three Rs: riding, reading, rotting) with her grandmother, the Pow... More

Ten-year-old Saige Copeland loves spending time on her grandma Mimi's ranch, riding horses and painting. Her school made the tough choice to cut art classes, which means she's lost her favorite subject. So when Mimi decides to organize a "save the arts" fundraiser and parade to benefit the school, S... More

Life is changing for Saige. Her grandma is still recovering from the accident, and Saige misses the time they spent together. She takes comfort in riding Georgia, her grandma's youngest horse. She knows her grandma needs cheering up, so Saige comes up with a plan to restore their special art afterno... More