Author: Kathleen Duey
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417705085
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Captured by members of another Irish clan, Lara continues to protect the young filly, Dannsair, and ponders how they might escape together.
Lara and the Moon-Colored Filly
Author: Kathleen Duey
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417705085
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Captured by members of another Irish clan, Lara continues to protect the young filly, Dannsair, and ponders how they might escape together.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417705085
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Captured by members of another Irish clan, Lara continues to protect the young filly, Dannsair, and ponders how they might escape together.
Hoofbeats: Lara and the Moon-Colored Filly #2
Author: Kathleen Duey
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0142402311
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The second book in the Hoofbeats series focusing on Lara! Nine-year-old Lara is the daughter of the the leader of her cattle-raising clan. While she spends her days tending to the cattle, her heart lies with her beloved gray mare. When Lara goes to the highlands to set the cattle out to graze, she finds the mare in the process of a difficult birth. Lara vows to take care of the foal as a dying promise to the gray mare, and with the help of a childless milk-cow, she cares for the spindly-legged filly. But just when she is confident that the foal can survive, a rival clan captures them both, and throws Lara's life into turmoil. When the filly is eventually given to a titled baron in the castle town of Athenry, Lara, determined to stay with the horse no matter what, goes along. Together, she and her beloved horse face seemingly insurmountable challenges, but all along Lara keeps two things in mind. One day, she will manage to flee, and will set off in search of the family that she was taken from. And she will not leave without her silver mare.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0142402311
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The second book in the Hoofbeats series focusing on Lara! Nine-year-old Lara is the daughter of the the leader of her cattle-raising clan. While she spends her days tending to the cattle, her heart lies with her beloved gray mare. When Lara goes to the highlands to set the cattle out to graze, she finds the mare in the process of a difficult birth. Lara vows to take care of the foal as a dying promise to the gray mare, and with the help of a childless milk-cow, she cares for the spindly-legged filly. But just when she is confident that the foal can survive, a rival clan captures them both, and throws Lara's life into turmoil. When the filly is eventually given to a titled baron in the castle town of Athenry, Lara, determined to stay with the horse no matter what, goes along. Together, she and her beloved horse face seemingly insurmountable challenges, but all along Lara keeps two things in mind. One day, she will manage to flee, and will set off in search of the family that she was taken from. And she will not leave without her silver mare.
The Complete Greed of Erich Von Stroheim
Author: Erich Von Stroheim
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greed
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Penny is deeply envious of the wealth and family lives of her two best friends, not realizing that they both think she is luckier than they are.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greed
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Penny is deeply envious of the wealth and family lives of her two best friends, not realizing that they both think she is luckier than they are.
Hoofbeats: Margret and Flynn, 1875
Author: Kathleen Duey
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440632340
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The year is 1875, and twelve-year-old orphan Margret and her sister, Libby, are living with the kind Mrs. Fredriksen in her sod house in rural Littleton, Colorado. Margret would be happy to stay forever, but she knows that Libby, with her basic distrust of anyone other than Margret, will have them moving soon enough. Then a tornado sweeps through, bringing with it an injured horse. Immediately Margret lays claim to the horse, naming him Flynn, nursing him back to health, and teaching herself to ride. Now more than ever, Margret yearns for some stability in her life. Somehow, she’s got to find a way to convince Libby to stay so she can make Flynn hers. Powerfully written and historically accurate, this is a great addition to the series that’s tailor-made for girls who love horses and historical fiction.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440632340
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The year is 1875, and twelve-year-old orphan Margret and her sister, Libby, are living with the kind Mrs. Fredriksen in her sod house in rural Littleton, Colorado. Margret would be happy to stay forever, but she knows that Libby, with her basic distrust of anyone other than Margret, will have them moving soon enough. Then a tornado sweeps through, bringing with it an injured horse. Immediately Margret lays claim to the horse, naming him Flynn, nursing him back to health, and teaching herself to ride. Now more than ever, Margret yearns for some stability in her life. Somehow, she’s got to find a way to convince Libby to stay so she can make Flynn hers. Powerfully written and historically accurate, this is a great addition to the series that’s tailor-made for girls who love horses and historical fiction.
Hoofbeats
Author: Kathleen Duey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Captured by members of another Irish clan, Lara continues to protect the young filly, Dannsair, and ponders how they might excape together.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Captured by members of another Irish clan, Lara continues to protect the young filly, Dannsair, and ponders how they might excape together.
Hoofbeats: Katie and the Mustang #1
Author: Kathleen Duey
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142400904
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Orphaned at age six and taken in by a heartless couple, nine-year-old Katie Rose spends her days doing chores and dreaming of going west to find her Uncle Jack. Then Mr. Stevens brings home an unbroken Mustang, and Katie's world changes. Katie is drawn to the horse's wildness, and he seems to sense her need for companionship. So when Katie learns that the Stevenses plan to join the expansion West&150without her or the Mustang&150she makes a desperate decision to go on her own. And she will not leave the Mustang behind.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142400904
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Orphaned at age six and taken in by a heartless couple, nine-year-old Katie Rose spends her days doing chores and dreaming of going west to find her Uncle Jack. Then Mr. Stevens brings home an unbroken Mustang, and Katie's world changes. Katie is drawn to the horse's wildness, and he seems to sense her need for companionship. So when Katie learns that the Stevenses plan to join the expansion West&150without her or the Mustang&150she makes a desperate decision to go on her own. And she will not leave the Mustang behind.
Skin Hunger
Author: Kathleen Duey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689840942
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Living in a world where magic is outlawed, Sadima's special gift to speak to the animals binds her to two young men who are determined to restore magic to their poor village in order to save the people they love. Reprint.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689840942
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Living in a world where magic is outlawed, Sadima's special gift to speak to the animals binds her to two young men who are determined to restore magic to their poor village in order to save the people they love. Reprint.
Popular Poetry of the Baloches
Author: Mansel Longworth Dames
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baluchi (Southwest Asian people)
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baluchi (Southwest Asian people)
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Silence and Stone
Author: Kathleen Duey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442413018
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Unicorns are now free, but other magical folk are still in hiding—except for one faerie, Alida, who is a prisoner in Lord Dunraven’s castle. That is, until she escapes and a fierce struggle begins. Alida fights to free the faeries from the terrible promise they were forced to make to Lord Dunraven—but Lord Dunraven is desperate to continue denying his people the hope they derive from the existence of magical beings.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442413018
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Unicorns are now free, but other magical folk are still in hiding—except for one faerie, Alida, who is a prisoner in Lord Dunraven’s castle. That is, until she escapes and a fierce struggle begins. Alida fights to free the faeries from the terrible promise they were forced to make to Lord Dunraven—but Lord Dunraven is desperate to continue denying his people the hope they derive from the existence of magical beings.
The Boat of a Million Years
Author: Poul Anderson
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504053664
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book and Hugo and Nebula Award Finalist: This epic chronicle of ten immortals over the course of history “succeeds admirably” (The New York Times). The immortals are ten individuals born in antiquity from various cultures. Immune to disease, able to heal themselves from injuries, they will never die of old age—although they can fall victim to catastrophic wounds. They have walked among mortals for millennia, traveling across the world, trying to understand their special gifts while searching for one another in the hope of finding some meaning in a life that may go on forever. Following their individual stories over the course of human history and beyond into a richly imagined future, “one of science fiction’s most revered writers” (USA Today) weaves a broad tapestry that is “ambitious in scope, meticulous in detail, polished in style” (Library Journal).
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504053664
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book and Hugo and Nebula Award Finalist: This epic chronicle of ten immortals over the course of history “succeeds admirably” (The New York Times). The immortals are ten individuals born in antiquity from various cultures. Immune to disease, able to heal themselves from injuries, they will never die of old age—although they can fall victim to catastrophic wounds. They have walked among mortals for millennia, traveling across the world, trying to understand their special gifts while searching for one another in the hope of finding some meaning in a life that may go on forever. Following their individual stories over the course of human history and beyond into a richly imagined future, “one of science fiction’s most revered writers” (USA Today) weaves a broad tapestry that is “ambitious in scope, meticulous in detail, polished in style” (Library Journal).