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Author:

Hart, Alison, 1950-

Title:

Gabriel's horses / Alison Hart.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Peachtree,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

161 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Horses--Fiction.
Horse racing--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
Horses--Juvenile fiction.
Horse racing--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction.
Twelve-year-old boys--Fiction.
Preteen boys--Fiction.
African American boys--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Soldiers--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Horse stealing--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Plantations--Fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-161). 2009-10 Mark Twain Award Nominee.

Summary:

In Kentucky, during the Civil War, the twelve-year-old slave Gabriel, contends with a cruel new horse trainer and skirmishes with Confederate soldiers as he pursues his dream of becoming a jockey.

Series:

Racing to freedom trilogy ; book 1

ISBN:

1561453986 (reinforced)
9781561453986 (reinforced)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)72353169

LCCN:

2006027697

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

JYPB641 -- Albion Municipal Library (Albion)

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

FLPB224 -- Garnavillo Public Library (Garnavillo)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

BEPA251 -- Linden Public Library (Linden)

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)

WFPC115 -- Newell Public Library (Newell)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)

XPPC367 -- Sidney Public Library (Sidney)

FQPC224 -- Strawberry Point Public Library (Strawberry Point)

TBPD706 -- Wilton Public Library (Wilton)