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All books can be found by the author's last name in the Juvenile Fiction area unless noted on the booklist.
- Ackerman, Ned.
- Spirit Horse.
When a Siksika boy living on the Plains during the 1770's becomes separated from a raiding party, he discovers the legendary spirit horse which he attempts to track down and tame.
- Adler, C.S.
- More Than a Horse.
When her mother takes a job on a guest ranch in Arizona, twelve-year-old Leeann hopes to be able to ride whenever she wants, but it takes her own perseverance and the help of new friends, including the mother of a handicapped child, to win over the ranch's crusty wrangler.
- One Unhappy Horse.
Things are difficult for twelve-year-old Jan and her mother after her father's death, and when it turns out that her beloved horse needs an operation, Jan reluctantly gets money from an elderly woman whom she has befriended.
- That Horse Whiskey!
Disappointed when her father cannot fulfill his promise of buying her a horse for her thirteenth birthday, Lainey throws her energy into training a neighbor's cantankerous horse, with whom she soon falls in love.
- Anderson, Laurie Halse.
- Fear of Falling.
Twelve-year-old David has conflicting feelings when his father, who taught him to ride the horses he loves so much, returns to spend Thanksgiving Day with the family after being gone for a year.
- Bagnold, Enid.
- National Velvet.
The story of how Velvet Brown won a piebald horse in a village lottery and rode him in the Grand National Steeplechase.
- Bograd, Larry.
- Colorado Summer.
Born and bred in New York City, eleven-year-old Carrie is not looking forward to spending the summer on her aunt's Colorado ranch until she is introduced to Georgia, a Paint horse that is as swift as the wind.
- Bulla, Clyde Robert.
- Dexter.
Dave befriends the strange new family and their pony, Dexter, when the rest of the townspeople remain aloof.
- Byars, Betsy.
- Little Horse.
Litle Horse falls into the stream and is swept away into a dangerous adventure and a new life. EASY FICTION.
- Casanova, Mary.
- Stealing Thunder.
Libby visits her neighbor's spirited horse, Thunder, every day, grooming and riding him. When Mr. Porter starts to abuse Thunder she decides to steal him away to safety, with the help of her new friend, Griff.
- Chu, Jennifer.
- Taking the Reins.
Christina and Melanie take a year off to make some big decisions. Christina is torn between being a jockey and working as a vet, helping the horses she loves. Melanie's future as a jockey seems clear. But her relationships with the people she loves--especially Christina--are less certain.
- Cooper, Helen.
- Sandmare.
A powerful wish allows the horse that Polly and her father draw in the beach sand to come to life and pursue her dream of reaching for the stars.
- Cuyler, Margery.
- The Battlefield Ghost.
When fourth grader John and his sister Lisa move into an old house in Princeton, New Jersey, they find it haunted by the ghost of a Hessian soldier from the Revolutionary War and try to reunite him with the ghost of his beloved horse.
- Dickerson, Karle.
- Parker's Passion.
Parker Townsend is torn between his desire to continue training for the Olympics in England and fulfilling his father's desire that he manage Townsend Acres when his father retires, the latter made more tempting by his father's purchase of two top-of-the-line event horses.
- Duey, Kathleen.
- Bonita.
Bonita, a saddle horse belonging to a wealthy San Antonio family, loses her comfortable home following the siege of the Alamo, and must escape into the wilderness to survive on her own with only the help of Paco, a burro, and a wild stallion.
- Lara and the Gray Mare.
While her father is away fighting the Normans and other Irish clans, nine-year-old Lara works hard to help harvest food and also cares for the pregnant gray mare that she loves.
- Emerson, Charlotte.
- Beth's Snow Dancer.
Alec Ramsay tries to hold onto his love of racing and his steeplechaser Black Storm when both are threatened under different circumstances.
- Farley, Steven.
- The Black Stallion's Steeplechaser.
As the family prepares for Christmas, Beth befriends a beautiful but sickly pony that strays into the March's yard and tries to keep it from being taken to Boston to be sold as a "useless beast."
- Farley, Terri.
- Gift Horse.
When Samantha rescues a beautiful draft horse from an auction, she's sure he'll be perfect to groom for resale. He's big and strong -- but so big, Sam can barely saddle him. He's great at jumping -- over pasture fences. Will he be helpful at a ranch, or too much to handle? Then disaster strikes River Bend, and it's Sam who needs help. And just in time to save the day, Tinkerbell's true talents are revealed.
- Golden Ghost.
Sam discovers a lost palomino in a spooky ghost town. The horse looks like a mirage, but also looks well cared for, and even familiar. Could it be the missing horse from her best friend's ranch? Sam needs to get the mare back home safely, but there might be something trying to stop her-her other best friend, the Phantom Stallion.
- Farley, Walter.
- The Black Stallion.
Seventeen-year-old Alec Ramsay and a wild black stallion, the only survivors of a shipwreck, manage to exist until they are rescued. Back in the U.S. the boy and a retired jockey tame the horse and race him.
- The Black Stallion Returns.
Alec journeys to Arabia in search of the black horse he loves so much and has a great many stirring adventures before he finds him.
- Son of the Black Stallion.
Alec's love will not let him believe that his desert-born stallion could not be freed of his savage, natural instinct to kill.
- The Black Stallion and Satan.
Satan, son of the Black Stallion, wins his third great race. Alec decides to match the speed of the untamed stallion with that of his colt in a race that will draw the world's fastest horses.
- The Black Stallion Legend.
The Black Stallion helps save an Indian tribe during a time of disaster, thereby fulfilling an ancient prophecy.
- The Black Stallion and the Girl.
Alec has a hard time persuading his partners to retain the girl he hires as a trainer and an even harder time convincing them to let her race the Black Stallion when Alec is suspended as a jockey.
- The Island Stallion.
A boy and his archeologist friend spend two weeks on a desolate Carribbean island where they discover a hidden valley, underground tunnels built by Spanish Conquistadors, and a wild flame-colored horse.
- The Island Stallion's Fury.
Pitch and Steve's secret island valley is discovered and invaded by a hard and vicious man, who is a threat to the island stallion and his band.
- The Island Stallion Races.
Two visitors from another world enter the valley of Azul Island and provide Steve with a chance to see how Flame can do in competition with the world's fastest horses.
- The Black Stallion's Filly.
The further adventures of Alec and his good friends at Hopeful Farm, introducing a new filly, Black Minx, sired by the Black Stallion.
- The Black Stallion Revolts.
The Black Stallion suddenly breaks out of his paddock and attacks Satan in an adjoining paddock. Warned by Henry, the trainer, that the Black is a murderer, Alec realizes that the stallion is restless from months of routine, so he plans to take him on a plane to the West where they will have acres and acres to roam. Little did Alec know that they would never reach their destination, and that they would go separate ways before finding each other again.
- The Black Stallion's Courage.
On a night which is too quiet, Alec senses something ominous in the air. Little does he imagine that the events of that night would lead to the most fantastic comeback in racing history -- the return of the Black Stallion.
- The Black Stallion Challenged!
The Black Stallion was the U.S. champion, the fastest horse around. Then out of nowhere came a mighty challenger -- the giant red Stallion Flame. He wasn't at ease at the racetrack, and his jockey was a beginner -- but he could run like the wind. With the whole world watching, Flame would give the Black Stallion the race of his life.
- The Black Stallion's Ghost.
Alec's life is changed after he spends a terrifying night in the Florida Everglades lost with a deranged Frenchman who is helping him search for the runaway Black Stallion.
- Farley, Walter and Steven.
- The Young Black Stallion.
Traces the early life of the Black Stallion in the mountains of Arabia before he was captured and brought to the West. A prequel to the first book in the Black Stallion series.
- The Black Stallion's Shadow.
The Black suddenly develops a fear of shadows that threatens his career as a racehorse.
- Findlay, Jamieson.
- The Blue Roan Child.
Eleven-year-old orphan Syeira flees the stables of King Hulvere of Haysele with Arwin, a wild Arva horse who communicates through smells and breath, in a convoluted and mysterious quest to recover her two colts from Lord Ran of Stormsythe.
- Griffith, Helen V.
- Cougar.
Starting a new life on a farm in the country, Nickel has to adjust to the attentions of a local bully and the appearances of a ghost horse that was supposed to have died in a fire.
- Haas, Jessie.
- A Horse Like Barney.
Sequel to keeping Barney. Finally given permission to have a horse of her own, Sarah looks at a series of Morgans and finds herself being bored, and falling in love with too many horses.
- Beware and Stogie.
When Stogie, Gramp's untamed horse, escapes during a storm, Lily and her horse Beware are the ones who bring Stogie home again.
- Unbroken.
Following her mother's death in the early 1900s, thirteen-year-old Harry lives on Aunt Sarah's farm where an accident with her spirited colt leaves her a changed young woman.
- Uncle Daney's Way.
When his great-uncle Daney comes to live with Cole's family after being crippled in a logging accident, the two work together all summer to find a way to make enough money to buy feed so they can keep Daney's old horse.
- Will You,Won't You?
Spending the summer with her strong-willed politician grandmother, fourteen-year-old Mad achieves breakthroughs in both her horseback riding and her Scottish dancing and begins to develop the self-confidence she has always lacked.
- Hart, Alison.
- Shadow Horse.
Thirteen-year-old Jas tries to prove that the owner of the farm where she works has killed her favorite horse, Whirlwind.
- Henry, Marguerite.
- Justin Morgan Had A Horse.
Story of the brave little Vermont work horse from which came the famous American breed of Morgan horses.
- King of the Wind.
This is the story, written as fiction but following closely the actual history of Godolphin Barb or Godolphin Arabian, ancestor of Man O' War and one of the founders of the entire Thoroughbred Strain. (Newbery Award Winner)
- Born to Trot.
As he learns about the famous Hambletonian, sire of the American trotter, young Gib White dreams of some day having his own filly become a champion trotter.
- Misty of Chincoteague.
A tale of two children and a freedom-loving wild pony, which takes place on the islands of Assateague and Chincoteague, Virginia. Here, legend says, a band of Moorish ponies escaped from a wrecked Spanish galleon long ago, and here their descendants still live.
- Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague.
In this sequel to "Misty of Chincoteague," Paul and Maureen Beele save a little orphan colt.
- Misty's Twilight.
Captivated by the story of "Misty of Chincoteague," a woman with a horse farm in Florida raises one of Misty's descendants to become a chamption show horse.
- Kamida, Vicki.
- Night Mare.
Having discovered a hidden ranch tucked away in the arroyo near her home, thirteen-year-old Janet goes there to train a magnificent white mare to be a show horse, unaware of its true nature or that of its owners.
- Keehn, Sally.
- The First Horse I See.
Left in the care of her beloved Granddad following the death of her mother, Willojean tries to prove to her alcoholic father that she is able to train a special horse which had been abused.
- Keith, Harold.
- Chico and Dan.
The story takes place on a cattle ranch in Nevada around 1915. At age 11, Dan Deweese has left home and come to work for his great-uncle Buck Boyce. Dan's first meeting with the cantankerous old rancher is not exactly heartwarming. However, Buck grudgingly agrees to let the boy stay in the bunkhouse with the rest of the hired hands. The day after he arrives at the ranch "a force came into his life that was to change its entire direction." A wild colt, just a few hours old, wanders in among the saddle horses. Buck orders it destroyed, but Dan convinces the old man to let him keep the orphan. The boy and his horse quickly become inseparable friends. Chico proves to be a natural cow horse but Uncle Buck still won't change his negative opinion of wild horses. When his six new steeldust mares are stolen by a wild mustang, Dan and his pony become involved in the long process of reclaiming them.
- Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie.
- If Wishes Were Horses.
During the summer of 1932 when Lily is twelve years old, she is granted her two greatest wishes, to be far from the sister who torments her and to have a horse of her own, but she does not expect either the tragic events that bring this about or their consequences.
- Leitch, Patricia.
- Show Jumper Wanted.
When Thalia has a serious riding accident, her estranged father takes away her beloved horse Tarquin, leaving it up to Sally, her best friend, to get him back. (Horseshoes ; #5) (Paperback)
- Lester, Alison.
- The Snow Pony
Prolonged drought has strained Dusty's ranching family to the breaking point, but she finds consolation with her wild and beautiful horse.
- Levin, Betty.
- Gift Horse.
Matt finds it easy to believe that his great-uncle will give him a horse; caring for it after it arrives proves to be the greater challenge.
- Nabb, Magdalen.
- The Enchanted Horse.
A lonely young girl living on a remote farm with her work-obsessed parents cares for an old and battered wooden horse with such devotion that it comes to life.
- My Friend Flicka.
An 11-year-old boy who wants a colt of his own more than anything else in the world chooses Flicka against all advice and must win her over and prove the rightness of his choice.
- Thunderhead.
An albino foal, Thunderhead, son of Flicka, grows up to become leader of a band of wild horses in spite of the fact that his owner hopes he will be a great racehorse. (Sequel to "My Friend Flicka"
- Philbrick, Rodman.
- The Fire Pony.
Eleven-year-old Roy lets himself find a loving family and a new home on the horse ranch which he and his older half-brother happen to come upon.
- Platt, Chris.
- Willow King.
Thirteen-year-old Katie, who is herself physically challenged, saves a crippled foal from euthanasia and nurses him back to health and eventual championships.
- Willow King: Race the Wind.
Determined to ride her horse in the Kentucky Derby despite her physical handicap, Katie overcomes great obstacles and even helps a blind girl face her own kind of challenge.
- Ryden, Hope.
- Wild Horse Summer.
Alison spends her thirteenth summer on a ranch in Wyoming where she learns to ride a horse and where Kelly, who is blind, helps her overcome an old fear.
- Saunders, Susan.
- Lucky Lady.
On a summer visit to her grandfather's ranch in Texas, twelve-year-old Jamie impulsively spends all her money on a wild filly and tries to figure out how to train her.
- Schultz, Jan Neubert.
- Horse Sense: The Story of Will Sasse, His Horse Star, and the Outlaw Jesse James.
When his beloved mare is stolen by the James gang after an attempted bank robbery in the nearby town of Northfield, Will joins the posse looking for the outlaws.
- Sewell, Anna.
- Black Beauty.
As Black Beauty, a fine horse, goes from one master to another, some kind and some cruel, readers learn the story of his life in 19th century England.
- Sherlock, Patti.
- Four of a Kind.
Twelve-year-old Andy lives with Grandpa and dreams of driving his two draft horses, Maggie and Tom, in a pulling contest.
- Skurzynski, Gloria.
- Ghost Horses.
Visiting Zion National Park with his family, twelve-year-old Jack encounters two mysteries, the strange behavior of a band of wild mustangs and the possibly sinister actions of his new foster brother, a Shoshone boy.
- Snyder, Zilpha Keatley.
- Gib and the Gray Ghost.
In 1909, after spending several months back at the Lovell House of Orphaned and Abandoned Boys, eleven-year-old Gib returns to live on the Thornton ranch, where his natural way with horses helps to make him feel at home.
- Gib Rides Home.
Despite the harsh treatment he has endured at the Lovell House orphanage, ten-year-old Gib Whittaker manages to maintain his hopeful outlook when he is "farmed out" to help with the horses of a wealthy banker in 1908.
- Springer, Nancy.
- Boy on a Black Horse.
Intrigued by the mysterious and angry Romany boy who joins her class, thirteen-year-old Gray finds that he shares her love of horses but harbors a dark secret.
- Sky Rider.
Dealing with her mother's death, a back injury that prevents her from riding, and the imminent destruction of her sick horse, fourteen-year-old Dusty receives physical and spiritual healing from the ghost of a recently killed boy.
- Wallace, Bill.
- Beauty.
Unhappy about his parents splitting up and moving with his mother to Grandpa's farm, 11-year-old Luke finds comfort in riding and caring for a horse named Beauty.
- Williams, Laura E.
- The Ghost Stallion.
In 1959 in Oregon, thirteen-year-old Mary Elizabeth rides with her father to kill the wild stallion that is luring away horses from their ranch and ruining their livelihood, but she secretly wants to save its life.
- Wilson, Diane L.
- I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade.
Oyuna tells her granddaughter the story of how love for her horse enabled her to win a race and bring good luck to her family living in Mongolia in 1339.
- To Ride the God's Own Stallion.
After being taken as a slave to Nineveh, thirteen-year-old Soulai finds his life intertwined with that of the son of King Ashurbanipal and a magnificent stallion and gets a chance to prove to himself and others that he is not a coward.
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