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Son of the Black Stallion

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The Young Black Stallion

Walter Farley, Steven Farley · 160 pages

HorsesAnimal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarming
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Black Gold

Marguerite Henry · 174 pages

A heroic small-boned horse with a will to win is finally ridden to glory by his devoted jockey.

HorsesAnimal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarming
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Some Kind of Courage

Dan Gemeinhart · 240 pages

In 1890 Washington the only family Joseph Johnson has left is his half-wild Indian pony, Sarah, so when she is sold by a man who has no right to do so, he sets out to get her back--and he plans to let nothing stop him in his quest.

HorsesAnimal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarming
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The Wild One

Terri Farley

HorsesAnimal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarming
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The Scorpio Races

Maggie Stiefvater · 435 pages

It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die. At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them. Puck Connolly is different. She

HorsesAnimal CompanionAthleteAdventure
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My friend Flicka

Mary O'Hara · 318 pages

HorsesAnimal CompanionMiddle GradeAdventure
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Bell's Star

Alison Hart

Vermont, 1850sBell's Star is a brown Morgan colt with a white star and two white stockings. He was bred for hard work, yet he longs to run free with his human friend, Katie, on his back. But when Star helps rescue a runaway slave girl, his ideas about freedom may change forever. Here is Star's story . . . in his own words. With exciting and knowledgeable text and lovely black-and-white art through

HorsesAnimal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarming
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Paint the Wind

Pam Munoz Ryan · 327 pages

After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode

HorsesAnimal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarming
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The Road to Balinor

Mary Stanton

HorsesAnimal CompanionMiddle GradeAdventure
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The Magic Spell

Linda Chapman · 128 pages

Imagine sitting on the back of a snow-white unicorn. Imagine riding it high into the sky, the wind in your hair. Imagine owning it, loving and cherishing it forever. This dream comes true for Lauren Foster. By day she rides Twilight, an ordinary little pony, but as night draws in and Lauren recites a secret spell, Twilight becomes a unicorn with magical powers! Only Lauren knows Twilight's secret.

Animal CompanionHorsesHeartwarmingMiddle Grade
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Dragon Rider

Cornelia Funke · 532 pages

After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.

Animal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarmingAdventure
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Beverly Cleary · 158 pages

The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and published in 1965. It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse who can speak to humans (though typically only children), goes on adventures riding his miniature motorcycle, and who longs for excitement and independence while living with his family in a run-down hotel. The book was released

Animal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarmingAdventure
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand · 453 pages

Retraces the journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend.

HorsesAthleteHeartwarmingAdventure
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All the Pretty Horses

Cormac McCarthy · 301 pages

*All the Pretty Horses* is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992. Its romanticism (in contrast to the bleakness of McCarthy's earlier work) brought the writer much public attention. It was a bestseller, and it won both the U.S. National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Along with *The Crossing* (1994), and C*ities of the Plain* (19

HorsesAnimal CompanionAdventureMale Lead
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Pride's Last Race

Joanna Campbell · 192 pages

HorsesAthleteMiddle GradeHeartwarming
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Old Yeller

Fred Gipson · 158 pages

At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller. The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away on a long cattle drive up to Abilene. Strong and courageous, Old Yeller proved that he could protect Travis's family from any sort of danger. But can Travis do the same for O

Animal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarmingAdventure
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Coming Home

Lauren Brooke · 140 pages

Amy has always had her mother to help with Heartland, " a place where the scars of the past can be healed, a place where frightened and abused horses can learn to trust again," but recently she passed away heading to help a stallion who was locked in a barn during a storm. The fateful car crash has made it so that everything at heartland has gone hay wire, and Amy has to suddenly take on her mothe

HorsesAnimal CompanionMiddle GradeSeries
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Ponies at the Point

Ben M. Baglio · 152 pages

HorsesAnimal CompanionMiddle GradeSeries
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The Complete Arrows Trilogy

Mercedes Lackey · 720 pages

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Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

Bruce Coville · 151 pages

Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.

Animal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarmingMale Lead
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Summer of the Monkeys

Wilson Rawls

Animal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarmingAdventure
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Big Red

Jim Kjelgaard · 232 pages

A boy and his dog battle for survival in the wilderness

Animal CompanionMiddle GradeHeartwarmingAdventure
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War Horse

Michael Morpurgo · 158 pages

In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches.

HorsesAnimal CompanionMiddle Grade

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