Search Results: Returned 16 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 16
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2006., NorthSouth Books Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Anna is excited that the time has finally come for her to train her four-year-old horse, Prince, to accept her as a rider.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: FIC SALISBURY Edition: First edition. Genre: Animals Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Danny, a rising rodeo star whose border collie, Banjo, has been wounded by neighbors, and Meg, who has a way with animals, come together to keep Banjo safe, aided by Danny's brother.
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[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books Call No: FIC FARLEY Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Summary Note: Returning home to New York City from a visit to his uncle in India, teenager Alec Ramsay is the sole human survivor of a devastating shipwreck. Trapped on a deserted island, Alec finds his only companion is an Arabian horse, beautiful, unbroken, and savage ... a horse whose beauty matches his wild spirit.
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[2002], c1983., Pre-adolescent, Random House Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This fast-paced racing story follows Black Minx's journey through training and preliminary races to the opening gate at Churchill Downs for America's most famous race, the Kentucky Derby.
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c2010., G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: MYSTERY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Returning to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined the army at seventeen, Captain Tom Forsyth discovers that she is being blackmailed and sets out to discover and defeat this hidden enemy using his finely honed military skills. But can he save his mother's reputation and career as "the first lady of British racing", or will he find himself caught in the cross fire?.
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[2013], Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Soon after her yearling, Jack, begins working with professional trainers at a nearby ranch, Abby Lovitt takes responsibility for a very large, very smart, and very curious retired racehorse named Gee Whiz.
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2009., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: FIC SMI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life.
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c2009., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life.
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2010., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: FIC SMI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt tries to rely on her Christian faith as she faces the possibility of giving up her beloved colt, Jack.
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c2012., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: FIC SMI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Abby Lovitt takes her beloved horse, True Blue, to the most famous equestrian clinic around, not knowing how it will change her and her horse's life. Then, Sophia, a girl who hardly ever makes a mistake, becomes so frightened that she refuses to ride her horse, Pie in the Sky, ever again. Pie in the Sky comes to Abby, who reluctantly takes the challenge of training the stubborn horse, and in the process learns something about life.
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2013., Juvenile, Yearling Call No: FIC SMILEY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Abby Lovitt is put in charge of training the expensive and haughty horse Pie in the Sky when his owner refuses. While trying to get a hold on him, she must deal with the new challenges, both good and bad, that come with being a freshman in high school in 1970's Northern California"--Provided by publisher.
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[2022]., Pre-adolescent, Annick Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The last thing that twelve-year-old Misko wants to do is to move away from the city to spend time on the rez with her grandmother. She feels strangely compelled to go to the place where her dreams have been tugging at her to come home. Maybe she can finally find out what happened to her mother, who mysteriously disappeared when she was four years old. Misko discovers her unique ability to connect to a spirited horse named Mishtadim who is being violently broken in by the rancher next door and his son, Thomas. Although Misko and Thomas challenge one another, their friendship is forged through the taming of the wild horse. In the process, she realizes the true meaning of belonging and that you can never truly leave home"--Provided by publisher.
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[2022]., Juvenile, Annick Press Call No: NL REALISTIC F LAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A young Indigenous girl searching for a sense of home finds strength and courage in her gifts, her deepening connection to the land, and her own cultural awakening in this moving coming-of-age story. The last thing that twelve-year-old Misko wants to do is to move away from the city to spend time on the rez with her grandmother. She feels strangely compelled to go to the place where her dreams have been tugging at her to come home. Maybe she can finally find out what happened to her mother, who mysteriously disappeared when she was four years old. Misko discovers her unique ability to connect to a spirited horse named Mishtadim who is being violently broken in by the rancher next door and his son, Thomas. Although Misko and Thomas challenge one another, their friendship is forged through the taming of the wild horse. In the process, she realizes the true meaning of belonging and that you can never truly leave home. She Holds Up the Stars is a powerful story of reconciliation and the interwoven threads that connect us to family, to the land, and to our own sense of self."--
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2011., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: FIC SMILEY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, the newest horse on her family's ranch, a beautiful dappled gray who is so often spooked, Abby wonders if he is haunted by the ghost of his deceased former owner.
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![Wonder horse : [the true story of the world's smartest horse]](/LibraryG/images/~imageCT245738.JPG "Wonder horse : [the true story of the world's smartest horse]")
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2010., Primary, Henry Holt Call No: Fic Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.
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-- True story of the world's smartest horse2010., Primary, Henry Holt Call No: Easy MC CULLY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.