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Author
Series
Publisher
Kaleidoscope
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Supercars zoom around tracks and highways, dazzling drivers with the latest technology. Some can even drive themselves! The Ultimate Supercars series looks at some of the most iconic sports cars, their history, and how they stand out among the rest"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The wild horse is so ingrained in the American imagination that even those who have never seen one know what it stands for: fierce independence, unbridled freedom, the bedrock ideals of the nation...In Wild Horse Country, New York Times reporter David Philipps traces the rich history of wild horses in America and investigates the shocking dilemma they face in our own time. Here is the grand story of the horse: from its prehistoric debut in North...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about the Spanish mustang. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
6) Mustang
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Pub
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the wild mustang and its importance in the history of Native Americans and of the United States.
Author
Series
Spirit riding free volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Lucky Prescott and Spirit, the wild stallion, have an unbreakable bond. Along with their new best friends, Abigail and Pru, Lucky and Spirit set off on daring adventures, push their limits, and discover what it means to be truly free.
8) Matt
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Raised beneath the big Montana sky, Matt Malloy was never meant to be a jet-setting businessman. But he'll do anything to protect the family ranch he shares with his brothers. Coming home after a two-week trip to Italy, Matt wants nothing more than to shed his suit and tie for a well-worn pair of jeans and ride his horse up to the cabin for some alone time. The last thing he needs is a big-city lawyer invading his privacy-even if she is the most beautiful...
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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.
10) Black Cloud
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 8
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Despite the dangers, Black Cloud enjoys his life as a wild mustang colt in 1951 Nevada but when humans round up and slaughter his herd, he is rescued by a talkative girl named Annie who gives him a safe and comfortable life, lacking nothing but freedom.
11) Pru's diary
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Dear Diary, Can you believe Lucky, Abigail and I are traveling to a circus exhibition with El Circo dos Grillos? It's supposed to be the most spectacular event, with tons of circuses performing their best acts and sharing in amazing traditions. I'll even get do my clown act...but I'm feeling a bit nervous about it. I wish Dad and Mom were here to help me out. Especially now, since this girl Catalina keeps acting like her clown performance is going...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Wild Horse Annie was the nickname of Velma Bronn Johnston (191277), loved mustangs all her life. When she saw mustangs being rounded up and killed to make room for ranchers livestock, she knew she had to speak up. In 1950, she began writing letters to local newspapers and politicians, defending the horses' right to roam free. Many people told Annie to hush up, but they couldnt stop her. She soon became a voice for mustangs throughout the state of...
13) Hidalgo
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Burbank, CA
Language
English
Description
In the 1890's Frank T. Hopkins, a former U.S. Cavalry dispatch rider who is haunted by memories of what he saw at the battle of Wounded Knee, and his mustang Hidalgo, are performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, billed as the greatest horse and rider the West has ever known. This leads them to be invited to run in the 3,000 mile endurance race across the Middle Eastern desert, the Ocean of Fire, by one of the leading Arabian Sheiks. The race soon...
14) A wild adventure
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit. Join her journey as she moves to Miradero and meets headstrong Pru, silly Abigail, and their horses, Chica Linda and Boomerang"--
Author
Series
Spirit riding free volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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?...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Free-spirited Lucky Prescott moves to Miradero to join her estranged father, and is decidedly unimpressed with the sleepy town until she discovers a unique tie to her late mother, who was a fearless horse-riding stunt performer. She quickly forms a bond with a wild mustang named Spirit and makes two new pals who love horses as much as she does. When a heartless wrangler plans to capture Spirit and his herd, Lucky and her friends set off on an epic...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The legendary tales of a wild mustang named Spirit hits its stride in Spirit: The Ultimate Collection. Beginning with Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, follow our brave hero as he journeys across the untamed wilderness in search of new friends, thrilling adventures, and true love. Then prepare for eight hair-raising seasons of Spirit: Riding Free where three best friends and their extraordinary horses take on the frontier, one amazing gallop at a...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Thunderous hoofbeats storm across the Plains! On the North American plans, wild mustangs have roamed for generations ... shaping human history and struggling to survive it. How did these powerful animals, not native to the Western Hemisphere, become such an iconic American symbol of wildness and freedom? For the Spanish, there were a tool of conquest. For Native Americans, they brought a new way of life where horsemanship and horse-trading were central....
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