Alison Hart
1) Bell's Star
Author
Series
Horse diaries ; 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the Vermont spring of 1853, Bell's Star, a Morgan horse, and his owner Katie rescue a runaway slave and try to outwit the slave catchers in order to help her to freedom.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A page-turner, an eye-opener, a heartbreaker, a delight, The Work Wife is that rare book that illuminates a world we never knew existed while also making us feel so much less alone in everyday life." --Julia Phillips, author of National Book Award finalist Disappearing Earth "The Work Wife is a bold and wholly satisfying novel about power, ambition, and the price women must often pay for their dreams. I gobbled it up." --Emma Straub, New York Times...
3) Risky Chance
Author
Series
Horse diaries ; 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In the mid- to late-1930s, Risky Chance grows from a spirited colt to a winning racehorse, but an injury and the Great Depression bring hardship that only a special little girl can help him overcome.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
During a visit to her grandparents' Illinois farm in 1944, ten-year-old Molly tries to prove the innocence of a German-American neighbor whom the FBI suspects of smuggling anti-American propaganda. Includes historical notes about life on the home front in World War II.
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"April, May, June, and July Barber don't have much in common anymore. An upcoming family wedding will place the four siblings in the same room for the first time in years. But shortly before, when April spots their father, who went missing while serving overseas a decade ago, their reunion becomes entirely more complicated. While the siblings' search for the truth about their father forces them back into each other's lives, it also intensifies their...
8) Shadow horse
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jas tries to prove that the owner of the farm where she works has killed her favorite horse, Whirlwind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In Cosham, England, in 1917, Darling, a mischievous collie, must leave the children who love her when she is chosen for training as a mercy dog, seeking out injured soldiers on the battlefield and leading medics to them.
11) Emma's river
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In 1852, Emma, her pregnant mother and her pony board the steamboat Sally May to meet her father in St. Joseph, Missouri, but when the ship suddenly explodes in a fiery blaze, Emma and all onboard must fight for their survival in the icy waters of the Missouri River.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Scooter, Maryellen's pudgy pet dachshund, may be lazy, but he's one of the family, and Maryellen loves him dearly. And he never misses a meal! So when Scooter doesn't show up at dinnertime, she's worried. Maryellen launches a search and discovers some strange goings-on in her neighborhood. With the help of her friends and family, the search for Scooter takes Maryellen from the streets of Daytona Beach to the rocket launchpad at Cape Canaveral!"--Publisher....
13) Andie shows off
Author
Series
Riding academy ; 6
Publisher
Bullseye Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Andie can't wait for the upcoming Parents' Weekend to show off Magic, a horse she hopes her father will buy for her, but a freak accident convinces Andie's father that Magic is too dangerous.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When a man arrives at her late father's detective agency, now run by her half-sister Kat, asking Kat to guard his mysterious briefcase, Allie decides to investigate on her own and unexpectedly finds herself in a world of danger.
