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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 13
Pub. Date
1957
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Alec and his famous horse, Black, travel back to the Arabian desert to try to discover if Black's sire is still alive.
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Spirit riding free volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Twelve-year-old Lucky Prescott craves adventure, but as a young lady of society she's only been allowed to experience adventure through books. That is, until one fateful day when Lucky, her father, and her aunt leave their neat-and-tidy city life and travel to their new home out west-the Wild West. At first Lucky is excited, but during the long train ride to her new hometown of Miradero, she begins to worry. What if she doesn't make any new friends?...
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Spirit riding free volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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It is predicted to be a harsh winter in Miradero, and as the town gears up to keep the people and animals safe in the harsh conditions, Lucky worries that her dad is ready for a new wife just when she is settling in to her new life in the West.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When he finds poison in the Black's stable, Alec suspects someone is trying to kill his beloved stallion. But just as he's puzzling over the clues, something even more disturbing happens. An Arab chieftain shows up and reclaims the Black.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
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In order to raise money to rebuild a one-hundred-thousand-dollar barn, destroyed by fire, Alec returns to racing the Black.
8) Black Beauty
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography, describing the world through the eyes of the creature. In taking this anthropomorphic approach, the author Anna Sewell broke new literary ground and her effective storytelling ability makes it very easy for the reader to accept the premise that...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
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Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
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"Young colt Sky was born with the urge to run. Alongside his band, he moves across the range searching for fresh water and abundant grazing. But humans have begun to encroach on Sky’s homelands. With fewer resources to share, Sky knows that he must leave if his family is to survive. He hopes that one day, he’ll be strong and brave enough to return and challenge the stallion to lead the herd. Being a lone wild horse in a vast landscape is not...
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Henry Dailey buys a spoiled, contrary two-year-old filly, a daughter of the Black, in November, and is determined to have a Kentucky Derby candidate by May.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
When Alec receives the black stallion's first son as a gift, he believes his dreams have come true, but Satan is a dangerous and unpredictable horse.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Join Sprit, a young wild mustang, as he sets out against impossible odds to regain his freedom and save his homeland. On his courageous journey across the American frontier, Spirit forms a remarkable friendship with a Lakota brave, outwits a squadron of soldiers, and falls for a paint mare named Rain.
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Black stallion (Steven Farley) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Description
While recuperating from an injury gained in the Foster Stakes, Alex and his horse Black stay with the peasant people by Ireland's coast where he meets Mora and learns of the kelpie, a shape-shifting monster that captures riders, and when Mora disappears Alex goes off in search of her and the legendary water sprite.
15) The Wild One
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Phantom stallion volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Two years after being thrown by her horse, Blackie, in a near-fatal accident, Sam returns to her family's ranch and meets a mustang that could be the missing Blackie, or the legendary Phantom, or both.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
A plane wreck at sea separates Alec and the Black until the search for a rabid vampire bat leads the boy to Flame's island sanctuary.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 9
Pub. Date
[1953]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
When his wild black stallion revolts against the routine and schedule of stable life, becoming a killer and a threat, a plane crash thwarts Alec's plans to give the Black a free run in the desert and brings danger to both boy and horse.
18) Mustang Moon
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Phantom stallion volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Phantom and Sam have become friends, and Sam is determined to defend his freedom on the open range. The mustang has been accused of stealing tame mares from local ranchers. Sam knows the Phantom isn't to blame. A local rancher offers a reward to anyone who can capture the wild stallion. The Phantom has a price on his head. Sam not only is fighting for his freedom but his life!
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Horses of Half Moon Ranch volume 3
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
After moving from the city out to the horse ranch with her family, Kirstie Scott leads a pony trek through Miner's Ridge when a sudden storm causes a landslide. Trapped alone in Dead Man's Canyon with a herd of wild horses whose leader--a proud, black stallion--has been hurt by falling rocks, she must find a way out and help the injured stallion.