Set in the pastoral horse country of Rapidan, Virginia, the stories in Cary Holladay's *Horse People* chronicle the lives of the Fenton family through the Civil War, the Great Depression, and World War II. At the center of these interconnected stories is Nelle, a northern debutante who marries into
Storm Horse
โ Scribed by Nick Garlick
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.;Chicken House
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 367 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0545904161
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โฆ Synopsis
With his mother missing and his father dead, twelve-year-old Flip's new home is a remote Dutch island. Menaced by the local bullies and followed everywhere by a mysterious girl, he wonders how he'll ever adapt to life on his uncle's farm. But everything changes the day a sinking ship leaves a horse drowning in the waves. Risking his life to rescue it, Flip is told he may keep the horse โ but only if he can teach it how to work for its keep. From that moment on a friendship grows. But can a boy and a horse really save each other? And what other dark storm threaten their hard-won happiness? Storm Horse is a thrilling, heartfelt tale of a boy, a horse, and their journey together towards a new life.
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