Starlight Shines for Miranda, a Best Books 2004 award winner for young adults, is the fifth book of a highly acclaimed new series of children’s fiction, and will entertain and encourage; thrill and edify its readers. Starlight indeed shines for Miranda in this exciting adventure. Though Miranda is maturing and taking more responsibility, she continues, through her many adventures, to strengthen her character. She continues to be a spunky, sometimes impulsive child with great intentions and a generous, loving spirit. Her family situation has changed and gives her many new challenges, yet her life still centers around the horse she loves. When she and Starlight are seperated, it becomes apparent that the bond of love between them is as strong for the horse as it is for Miranda. They are a winning team.

Starlight Shines for Miranda

Children's Books

Janet Muirhead Hill

Animals

Raven Publishing of Montana

<p>Ten-year-old Danny Branahan refuses to believe news that would tear his world apart: news that his best friend, his dad, isn't coming home from Iraq, not now, not ever. Blaming himself and his horse, Dragon, for his father's demise, Danny rides on the back of his magical dragon to the war-torn desert far away, hoping to find his father and bring him home. Told through Danny's eyes, this timely book tells the story of a Montana ranching family surviving a casualty of war. Danny's vivid imagination intesifies his grief as it carries him through its stages to finally accept his father's death. It also gives him compassion and empathy for all of the many victims of the violence of war. By reaching out to his animals and learning to make new friends, Danny is able to reconnect with his family- and himself. Middle-grade adult readers will relate to Danny's journey through grief, guilt, and changing lifestyle.</p>

Danny's Dragon

Parenting & Relationships

Raven Publishing Incorporated of Montana

This packaged gift set contains the six books of the Miranda and Starlight series, including, in order, Miranda and Starlight, Starlight's Courage, Starlight, Star Bright, Starlight's Shooting Star, Starlight Shines for Miranda, and Starlight Comes Home. At the age of ten, Miranda Stevens returns to Montana to live with her grandparents on their dairy farm. Her Mom is working in California and her Dad disappeared before her birth. The girls in her class exclude her and Christopher Bergman, the class bully, torments her. She d be happy if she just had a friend, a regular family, and especially a horse of her own. When she meets the not-quite-two-year-old black stallion that belongs to grouchy Mr. Taylor, she knows she s found the horse of her dreams. Defying Mr. Taylor s order to stay off his place and away from his horses results in disaster for the beloved horse she calls Starlight. Follow the saga of Miranda s many adventures, the lessons she learns along the journey, and the surprising way her wishes are fulfilled by the time she turns fourteen at the end of book six.

The Many Adventures of Miranda and Starlight

Literature & Fiction

Raven Publishing, Inc. of Montana

This packaged gift set contains the six books of the Miranda and Starlight series, including, in order, Miranda and Starlight (revised edition), Starlight's Courage (revised edition) Starlight, Star Bright, Starlight's Shooting Star, Starlight Shines for Miranda, and Starlight Comes Home. At the age of ten, Miranda Stevens returns to Montana to live with her grandparents on their dairy farm. Her Mom is working in California and her Dad disappeared before her birth. The girls in her class exclude her and Christopher Bergman, the class bully, torments her. She d be happy if she just had a friend, a regular family, and especially a horse of her own. When she meets the not-quite-two-year-old black stallion that belongs to grouchy Mr. Taylor, she knows she s found the horse of her dreams. Defying Mr. Taylor s order to stay off his place and away from his horses results in disaster for the beloved horse she calls Starlight. Follow the saga of Miranda s many adventures, the lessons she learns along the journey, and the surprising way her wishes are fulfilled by the time she turns fourteen at the end of book six.

The Many Adventures of Miranda and Starlight (The Miranda and Starlight Series)

Raven Pub

Wishing on the sunrise from her treetop refuge, eleven-year-old Kyleah Ralston seeks magic to right all that is wrong in her life. Her twin brother is lost to her, and she believes that her father abandoned her because she is not pretty. To add to her woes, her foster family does not understand her. When she is banned from climbing her favorite tree, she agrees to join Benjamin, her older foster-brother in his scheme to run away. Kyleah and Benjamin encounter many narrow escapes and breath-taking adventures on their journey from south-east Kansas to Moose Jaw, Canada. Through it all, Kyleah learns self-acceptance. She learns the true meaning of home and that family has more to do with love and respect than with blood.

Kyleah's Tree

Action & Adventure