Horses of the Dawn #1: The Escape
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (958 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0545397308 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gruver, Burlington County Library, Westampton, NJ . Young equestrians and horse lovers are an obvious audience for this series, but fans of Lasky's previous books will also find much to enjoy.—Kathleen E. Guided by Estrella's visions of faraway grasslands, the horses head north from Mexico toward the Western plains of what is now the United States. Perlina dies in a shark attack, but Estrella and the other horses make it to land. The author includes some gruesome but historically accurate details about what happened to these animals during the Spanish conquest. Although the horses are anthropomorphized to a degree, Lasky creates a believable culture for them, based on actual equine behavi
All but one -- the ghost horse, the leader of the pack. Now it's up to her daughter, only a filly, to take charge of the terrified herd. Run Free.The horses are in danger. The journey went badly and the boat was deemed too heavy, so the two-legs forced the horses into the sea and sailed away, leaving the herd to die in the deep.By a miracle, the horses survived and made it to land. Stranded in a new land, surrounded by two-legs, will the horses find a way to live safe and free?. They were rounded up by the two-legs and forced onto a boat to cross the wide ocean. Run Wild
"EXCELLENT" according to Wife#EXCELLENT Wife#41 Great read love Kathryn Lasky series. My daughter loves this series and won't put it down!. 1. Great read love Kathryn Lasky series. My daughter loves this series and won't put it down!. Freaky is good. MJ Brewer My daughter is an animal freak and now she's an animal freak reader.. "Too Gory/Violent For My 11 Year Old" according to Talvi. I had not read Laskey's other novels (though my family had seen the LoG movie) and so perhaps I did not realize what I would be getting into with this book. I read this out loud to my 11 year old before bed and by 1/Too Gory/Violent For My 11 Year Old Talvi I had not read Laskey's other novels (though my family had seen the LoG movie) and so perhaps I did not realize what I would be getting into with this book. I read this out loud to my 11 year old before bed and by 1/4 of the way through she asked me not to read it to her any more and to pick ANY other book. She loves horse stories such as Black Beauty so I thought she would love it when I chose it. Instead, it gave her nightmares.The story follows a filly named Estrella and several other horses aboard a Spanish Conquistador warship in the South Atlantic of the US. Estrella is born on the ship but poor wind means t. of the way through she asked me not to read it to her any more and to pick ANY other book. She loves horse stories such as Black Beauty so I thought she would love it when I chose it. Instead, it gave her nightmares.The story follows a filly named Estrella and several other horses aboard a Spanish Conquistador warship in the South Atlantic of the US. Estrella is born on the ship but poor wind means t