Horse Diaries: Bell’s StarAlison HartThe characters in the book are Katie, Star, Eliza (a slave), Katie’s Mom and Dad, and Eliza’s mom and dad, Bell (Star’s mother), and the herd of horses. The main characters of the book are Star, Katie, and Bell. I like them because they seem pretty bright an...
Horses + mystery + rescuing abused animals = a triple crown of perpetually popular preteen genres!Thirteen-year-old Jasmine is found guilty of assaulting Hugh Robicheaux, the owner of the horse farm where she works. But she's still determined to prove that Robicheaux killed Whirlwind, the mare sh...
In the first book of this engrossing middle-grade trilogy set during the Civil War, a young Kentucky slave dares to pursue his dream of becoming a jockey. The year is 1864 and twelve-year-old Gabriel hopes to one day become a famous jockey. Although he is a the son of a free black father and a ...
It’s evening, and the horses are in the lots. The stable’s quiet as I run the last wheelbarrow full of manure up the ramp as fast as I can. It wobbles unsteadily, tips, and despite my straining, the wheelbarrow pitches into the wagon bed, along with the manure. I curse the...
“THAT’S DARN FINE detective work, Ms. Smith.” “Thank you, Mr. Bond.” Jas chewed a ragged nail. “Only, now what? He denied it and hung up on me. So it’s not like he’s going to tell me where he took Whirlwind. And it’s not like the police can bust in and arrest him.” “M. Baylor can,” Chase said. “N...