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eBook Category: Young Adult/Historical Fiction
eBook Description: How can twelve-year-old Dan Graham learn to accept a birthday present he didn't want? Especially when that present is a skinny, sorrel mare named Ginger? The horseshoes Dan creates so she can do "special" jobs don't always bring the desired results. Add to his problems being taunted by eighth-graders and befriending a Chinese boy whom no one else likes. Then he notices that his widower father is showing interest in the new school teacher. As if anyone could replace Dan's mother! In 1900 Puget Sound country, Dan helps sandbag a flooding river, search for a lost child, and rescue snow-trapped cattle. But the scariest thing he's ever done is ask Ginger to pull a cart across a frozen river, on a mercy mission to save a dying man. When the ice begins to crack, Dan learns the value of trust between him and Ginger Gold. WCP Publisher's Pick November 2004

eBook Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press, Published: WHISKEY CREEK PRESS, 2004
Fictionwise Release Date: March 2005

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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [946 KB], eReader (PDB) [193 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [174 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [155 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [189 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [205 KB], hiebook (KML) [408 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [228 KB], iSilo (PDB) [143 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [178 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [227 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [225 KB]
Words: 55123
Reading time: 157-220 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
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All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
ISBN: 1-59374-118-9

"This coming-of-age historical novel not only gives readers a compelling story about a boy and his horse, but also a cautionary tale about prejudice toward others from different cultures. Little Dan Graham is growing up in the Puget Sound at the turn-of-the-century. The industrial revolutions brings the introduction of the horseless carriage--the automobile--and the settlement of the west brings immigrants from Ireland and China creating a melting pot that eventually boils over in the small lumber towns of Greenfield and Bonney City, Washington. Evlin's amazing attention to detail lends authenticity and realism to this wonderful horse story."--Peggy Tibbetts, Managing Editor & Columnist for Writing-World.com and author of The Road To Weird and Rumors of War

I didn't like the skinny sorrel mare that Dad favored. She couldn't begin to compare with the horse I really wanted--a brown and white pinto gelding. Even dripping wet from the drizzling rain, he was sleek and sassy looking. When I reached to pet his nose, he tossed his head and stamped his front feet.

"He has lots of spirit," said the man holding his halter rope.

Nobody I knew owned a pinto, and besides, this horse looked as if he'd have as much spunk as Lucas Westley's Thoroughbred. The kids in Greenfield knew I'd come to the Bonney City sales yard to buy a horse for my twelfth birthday, and the pinto would suit me perfect.

But Dad was plainly in doubt. He ran his hands over the pinto's legs and back and barrel, then stood back and looked at him, shaking his head. "I don't know, Dan. Most pintos are quiet natured. But this one's kind of wild and mean-eyed."

"He'll calm down once we get to know each other," I said.

"Maybe. But the horse you acquire today will be yours for a long time. You can't choose one just because he's flashy, or because none of your friends owns a pinto."