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The Wild One

Terri Farley

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A Good Horse

Jane Smiley

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.

HorsesRural FarmTeen ProtagonistMiddle Grade
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Farm Boy

Michael Morpurgo · 111 pages

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.

HorsesRural FarmHeartwarmingMiddle Grade
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Running Around (And Such)

Linda Byler

A hot-tempered, high-spirited teenaged girl who hates housework, dislikes babies, and loves driving fast horses tries to fit in among the members of her Amish community. Based on the true experiences of the author's extended family.

Rural FarmHorsesTeen ProtagonistHeartwarming
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My friend Flicka

Mary O'Hara · 318 pages

HorsesRural FarmTeen ProtagonistMiddle Grade
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A Pony for Keeps

Jeanne Betancourt · 90 pages

HorsesRural FarmHeartwarmingMiddle Grade
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Flambards

K.M. Peyton · 224 pages

Twelve-year-old Christina Parsons is sent to live with her fierce uncle and his two sons, Mark and Will, in their decaying mansion, Flambards. Christina discovers a passion for horses and riding but finds herself part of a strange household, divided by emotional undercurrents and cruelty. 1st book in the Flambards series.

HorsesRural FarmTeen ProtagonistYoung Adult
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The One Dollar Horse

Lauren St. John

HorsesTeen ProtagonistMiddle GradeYoung Adult
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Meet Felicity: An American Girl

Valerie Tripp · 68 pages

In Williamsburg in 1774, nine-year-old Felicity rescues a beautiful horse who is being beaten and starved by her cruel owner.

HorsesHeartwarmingTeen ProtagonistMiddle Grade
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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

HorsesRural FarmHeartwarmingMiddle Grade
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Pride's Last Race

Joanna Campbell · 192 pages

HorsesMiddle GradeHeartwarmingYoung Adult
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Saige

Jessie Haas

Ten-year-old Saige Copeland loves spending time on her grandma Mimi's ranch, riding horses and painting. Her school made the tough choice to cut art classes, which means she's lost her favorite subject. So when Mimi decides to organize a "save the arts" fundraiser and parade to benefit the school, Saige jumps on board. She begins training Mimi's beautiful horse, Picasso, for his appearance in the

HorsesRural FarmHeartwarmingMiddle Grade
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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

HorsesRural FarmHeartwarmingMiddle Grade
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The Home Ranch

Ralph Moody · 280 pages

Ralph Moody turns again to Colorado, the scene of those two delightful earlier books about his boyhood, Little Britches and Man of the Family. This is an extension of Mr. Moody's recollections of his twelfth year, and fits withing the framework of Man of the Family between chapters 25 and 26. The Home Ranch has all the warm and wonderful ingredients which made his first two books such universa

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Triple Fault

Jessica Burkhart · 268 pages

While pretending to date Jacob to make Sasha jealous, Heather also deals with a new girl who is extremely competitive and a former best friend who steals boyfriends. Sasha tries to keep her budding relationship with Eric a secret while figuring out how to deal with her former best friend going out with Sasha's ex-boyfriend. All the while she is wary of the dangerous new girl named Jasmine. Book #

HorsesMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistYoung Adult
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Anne of Avonlea

L.M. Montgomery

Rural FarmTeen ProtagonistMiddle GradeHeartwarming
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Catch Rider

Jennifer H. Lyne · 288 pages

Despite her poor background and ferocious competition from more privileged girls, fourteen-year-old Sid pursues her dream of becoming a catch rider--a show rider who can ride anything--with help from her Uncle Wayne.

HorsesRural FarmTeen ProtagonistYoung Adult
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A Hat Full of Sky

Terry Pratchett · 352 pages

Something is coming after Tiffany ...Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic -- not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this!What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature is pursuing her. This time, neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the world) nor the fierce, six

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A Year Down Yonder

Richard Peck · 130 pages

Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else! All Mary Alice can know for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out . . . better no

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Undeniably Yours

Becky Wade · 461 pages

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The Red Pony

John Steinbeck · 120 pages

Tells story of a young boy and his life on his father's ranch. Ownership of a red pony teaches ten-year-old Jody about life and death.

HorsesRural FarmTeen ProtagonistMiddle Grade
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The God of Animals

Aryn Kyle · 320 pages

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Sun Kissed

Catherine Anderson · 418 pages

(Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan #7) When Samantha Harrigan attends the local rodeo, she doesn't expect to wind up in jail. But that's what happens when she tries to stop a drunkard from abusing his horse. Tucker Coulter, a handsome local veterinarian, comes to her defense, and both of them are arrested. The charges are dropped, but Sam's troubles have only started...

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