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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"The Eighty-Dollar Champion tells the dramatic odyssey of a horse called Snowman, saved from the slaughterhouse by a young Dutch farmer named Harry. Together, Harry and Snowman went on to become America's show-jumping champions, winning first prize in Madison Square Garden. Set in the mid to late 1950s, this book captures the can-do spirit of a Cold War immigrant who believed--and triumphed"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Discusses the interaction between people and horses, the horse as a social animal, its intelligence, abilities to communicate, athletic abilities, and physical evolution.
6) Secretariat
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the training and triumphant career of the Triple Crown-winning thoroughbred horse, the only non-human to be chosen as one of ESPN's "50 Greatest Athletes of the Century."
7) Horse thief
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1938, with the help of a doctor and her elderly, horse-thieving father, a seventeen-year-old orphan steals thirteen horses from Chickalookee, Florida's doomed rodeo and finds a family in the process.
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Gail Ruffu was once a respected racehorse trainer known for her unconventional training methods. Then she became part owner of the Thoroughbred called Urgent Envoy, and everything changed. Her co-owners pushed her to speed up Urgent Envoy's training and eventually made her race him too early, until he developed a shin fracture. One more race would kill him. But nobody heeded her warning. Gail had to act. So on Christmas Eve, Gail stole her own horse....
9) The red pony
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1965
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
10) Unbroken
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Following her mother's death in the early 1900s, thirteen-year-old Harry lives on Aunt Sarah's farm where an accident with her spirited colt leaves her a changed young woman.
11) The red pony
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, a hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody tends and trains his horse, restlessly anticipating the moment he will sit high upon Gabilan's saddle. But when Gabilan falls ill, Jody...
13) Racing Savannah
Author
Series
Hundred Oaks volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
They're from two different worlds. He lives in the estate house, and she spends most of her time in the stables helping her father train horses. In fact, Savannah has always been much more comfortable around horses than boys. Especially boys like Jack Goodwin. She knows the rules—no mixing between the staff and the Goodwin family. But Jack has no such boundaries. And with her dream of becoming a professional horse trainer herself, Savannah isn't...
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