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Author:

Duey, Kathleen.

Title:

Hoofbeats : Katie and the mustang. Book 1 / by Kathleen Duey.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Puffin Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

135 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Horses--Juvenile fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Juvenile fiction.
Runaway children--Juvenile fiction.
Wild horses--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Horses--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Runaways--Fiction.
Wild horses--Fiction.
Iowa--Juvenile fiction.
Iowa--Fiction.
Western stories.

Summary:

Orphaned at age six and taken in by a heartless couple, nine-year-old Katie Rose spends her days doing chores and dreaming of going West to find her Uncle Jack. Then Mr. Stevens brings home an unbroken mustang, and Katie's world changes. Katie is drawn to the horse's wildness, and he seems to sense her need for companionship. When Katie learns that the Stevenses plan to join the expansion West, without her or the mustang, she makes a desperate decision to go on her own. And she will not leave the mustang behind.

Series:

Hoofbeats ; bk. 1
Duey, Kathleen. Hoofbeats ; bk. 1.

ISBN:

9780142400906
0142400904

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

XWPC787 -- Avoca Public Library (Avoca)

MNPB553 -- Bancroft Public Library (Bancroft)

TJPC492 -- Bellevue Public Library (Bellevue)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

AIPC937 -- Karl Miles Lecompte Memorial Library (Corydon)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

PFPC906 -- Eddyville Public Library (Eddyville)

NDPD953 -- Forest City Public Library (Forest City)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)

DMPC403 -- Montgomery Memorial Library (Jewell)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

DVPB413 -- Klemme Public Library (Klemme)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

ZLPD437 -- Missouri Valley Public Library (Missouri Valley)

VZPB964 -- Ossian Public Library (Ossian)

AYPB546 -- Richland Public Library (Richland)

MLPA343 -- Rudd Public Library (Rudd)

ENPC715 -- Sanborn Public Library (Sanborn)

YIPB062 -- Shellsburg Public Library (Shellsburg)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)

MTPB743 -- West Bend Public Library (West Bend)