I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade

I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade
Author: Diane Wilson
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1402269536

A moving and heartfelt story about the lengths one would go to help their family When Oyuna was a baby, a horse accidentally crushed her foot, cursing her family with bad luck. Oyuna vows to restore good fortune to her family...but how? One fateful day, soldiers from the great Khan's army invade her village to steal horses and gather new soldiers. In hopes of bringing honor to her family, Oyuna courageously disguises herself as a boy and joins the soldiers on their quest. With only her horse and her cat to keep her company, Oyuna sets off on an amazing journey across deserts and mountains—a journey that will change her life forever. "No ordinary horse story...Horse lovers or not, readers will be riveted."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Ambitious and fast-moving."—New York Times

I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade

I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade
Author: Diane L. Wilson
Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1998
Genre: Fortune
ISBN:

Oyuna tells her granddaughter the story of how love for her horse enabled her to win a race and bring good luck to her family living in Mongolia in 1339.

Shadow Spinner

Shadow Spinner
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2011-10-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442446811

Every night, Shahrazad begins a story. And every morning, the Sultan lets her live another day -- providing the story is interesting enough to capture his attention. After almost one thousand nights, Shahrazad is running out of tales. And that is how Marjan's story begins.... It falls to Marjan to help Shahrazad find new stories -- ones the Sultan has never heard before. To do that, the girl is forced to undertake a dangerous and forbidden mission: sneak from the harem and travel the city, pulling tales from strangers and bringing them back to Shahrazad. But as she searches the city, a wonderful thing happens. From a quiet spinner of tales, Marjan suddenly becomes the center of a more surprising story than she ever could have imagined.

Twice Upon a Marigold

Twice Upon a Marigold
Author: Jean Ferris
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2009-04-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152066925

Full of zany humor, this sequel to "Once Upon a Marigold" continues the story of Christian and Marigold, who are living happily ever after now that Queen Olympia has gone--or has she?

Black Storm Comin'

Black Storm Comin'
Author: DIANE LEE WILSON
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1471103382

WANTED: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders. Willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. When Colton Wescott sees this sign for the Pony Express, he thinks he has the solution to his problems. He's stuck with his ma and two younger sisters on the wrong side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, with no way to get across. They were on the wagon train heading to California when Pa accidentally shot Colton and then galloped away. Ma is sick, and Colton needs money to pay the doctor. He'd make good money as a Pony rider. he also needs to get to California to deliver freedom papers to Ma's sister, a runaway slave. The Pony Express could get him there too... Does Colton have what it takes to be a Pony Express rider? And if so, will traveling the dangerous route over the mountains bring him closer to family, freedom, and everything he holds dear?

Becoming Ben Franklin

Becoming Ben Franklin
Author: Russell Freedman
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0823449459

In 1723 Ben Franklin arrived in Philadelphia as a poor and friendless seventeen-year-old who had run away from his family and an apprenticeship in Boston. Sixty-two years later he stepped ashore in nearly the same spot but was greeted by cannons, bells, and a cheering crowd, now a distinguished statesman, renowned author, and world-famous scientist. Freedman's riveting story of how a rebellious apprentice became an American icon comes in an elegantly designed book filled with art and includes a timeline, source notes, bibliography, and index

Burying the Sun

Burying the Sun
Author: Gloria Whelan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061975796

Too young for the army, one boy takes saving the city into his own hands. The Russian city of Leningrad is darkening with winter and war, and Georgi's family prepares for the worst. His sister, Marya, packs up the great artwork at the Hermitage museum for safekeeping, and their mother tends to the wounded soldiers. But at fourteen years old, Georgi is too young to join the army, and he wonders how he can possibly help his friends and family. As the city slowly starves from lack of food and hope, Georgi knows he can help his people survive, but he must face dangers as real as the battles on the front lines.

Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum

Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum
Author: Ashley Bryan
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1987-05-31
Genre: Folklore
ISBN: 9780808592242

For use in schools and libraries only. Five traditional Nigerian tales include Hen And Frog, Why Bush Cow And Elephant Are Bad Friends, The Husband Who Counted The Spoonfuls, Why Frog And Snake Never Play Together, and How Animals Got Their Tails.

The Horse and His Boy

The Horse and His Boy
Author: C.S. Lewis
Publisher: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2002
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

C. S. Lewis was a British author, lay theologian, and contemporary of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Horse and His Boy is the fifth book in The Chronicles of Narnia series of seven books.

Firehorse

Firehorse
Author: Diane Lee Wilson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2010-07-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1442403357

Fifteen-year-old Rachel is furious and lonely when her father moves the family to Boston in 1872—especially since she had to sell her beloved horse. But in Boston she finds the Governor’s Girl, an injured firehorse, and begins caring for her and thinking about becoming a veterinarian. Then an outbreak of fires causes Rachel to question the ethics of her journalist father, and when the horses who pull the fire engines fall ill, the danger escalates. In a dramatic climax, the Great Boston Fire of 1872 is brought to life with cinematic vividness, and Rachel proves her grit and determination to make something of herself.