With her aunt's help, a girl learns that owning and caring for her dream horse is both frustrating and rewarding.

A horse to love

Springer, Nancy

Children's Books

Harper&Row

Erin, a young loner, discovers that there is more to having a horse for a best friend than she expected, when she learns to take responsibility for the care of her horse, Spindrift, while, in turn, the horse helps Erin break out of her shell

A Horse to Love

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

A young boy with a crippling disease learns, through a horseback riding program, to overcome his own anxieties and to help others in dealing with their own problems.

Colt

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Puffin

Paisley gets her own pony, Noodles, and is delighted to have her, but war breaks out in the Fontecchio house when the other three children fall in love with Noodles too and want their share of Paisley's beloved pet. Reprint.

The Great Pony Hassle

Duffy, Daniel Mark

Animals

Bobbi, who has the Sight, discovers that her black horse Shane is actually a powerful archetype, one of the Circle of Twelve, that can bring out her own budding powers.

Hex Witch of Seldom

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Firebird

Lionel is seven feet of pure coward. Banished by his warrior father for refusing to learn to fight, Lionel found refuge in the woods of Sherwood Forest, where he joined the misfit band of teens led by Rowan Hood, daughter of Robin. Now, a year later, his father has been taken prisoner by Robin Hood, and Lionel is determined to make peace. But when Lionclaw spots his son among outlaws, he vows revenge. Suddenly Sherwood is crawling with danger and Lionel wants nothing more than to turn and run. But when a couple of bounty hunters capture Rowan and use her as bait, the lion in Lionel is awakened, along with the courage to stand up to his father.

Lionclaw: A Tale of Rowan Hood (Rowan Hood (Paperback))

Puffin Books

King Solon the Red attempts to capture his runaway daughter Ettarde and force her into marriage with a rival king who has been threatening his reign, in the sequel to Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest. Reprint.

Outlaw Princess of Sherwood: A Tale of Rowan Hood

Wild Boy: A Tale of Rowan Hood

Ever since the Sheriff of Nottingham killed his father, Rook has run wild in Sherwood Forest, dreaming of his day for vengeance. Finally, he has found his chance. Not with the sheriff himself, but with the evil man’s son, snared by one of the mantraps his own father planted to catch outlaws such as Rook. Filled with clashes of sword and emotion, this page-turning installment in Nancy Springer’s Tales of Rowan Hood series will leave readers eager to return to Sherwood, where outlaws are often innocent, and survival is no game.

Guy Longhead. Jasper of the Sinister Hand. Hurst Orricson. Holt, also Orricson, brother of Hurst.To anyone else, just four names. But to Rowan Hood, the gentle healer who has waited two long years to put names to the men who murdered her mother, they are fuel to feed her desire for revenge. And so she leaves the rowan grove that had become her home in Sherwood Forest, and along with her friends, sets off to seek these men. Yet she finds that the closer she draws to them, the farther she feels from the healer she has become.

Rowan Hood Returns: The Final Chapter

When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her. But nothing can prepare her for what awaits. Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers—all while attempting to piece together clues to her mother’s strange disappearance. Amid all the mayhem, will Enola be able to decode the necessary clues and find her mother?

Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess (An Enola Holmes Mystery)

Penguin Young Readers Group

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