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1) Horse
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A scientist from Australia and a Nigerian-American art historian become connected by their shared interest in a 19th century race horse, one studying its remains, the other uncovering the history of the Black horsemen who were critical to its success.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
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
Reading level: RL 2.6 ; Ages: 6-9 ; Grades: 2-4
3) Risky Chance
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 7
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.
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous treck from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find a distant aunt, hoping to regain stability in his life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012, c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
For years Joey was a war horse, pulling ambulance carts and artillery through the battlefields of World War I. Finally he returned to Albert and the farm. Now, decades later, Albert's son loves to tell his own grandson stories about the remarkable horse, including its feats in the war and of the time the family risked everything betting that Joey could win a daring race.
6) Comeback
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling Grand Master of Crime Fiction
Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin uncovers a peculiar operation involving a veterinary surgeon and the unexplained deaths of several valuable racehorses.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Paras (short for Perestroika) is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. At dusk, one afternoon she pushes open the door of her stall - she's a curious filly - and, after traveling through the night, arrives by chance in the City of Light. She's dazzled, and often mystified, by the sights, sounds and smells around her, but she isn't afraid. Soon she meets an elegant dog, a German shorthair pointer named Frida, who knows how to get by without...
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