The Horses of Proud Spirit

8 best books like The Horses of Proud Spirit (Melanie Sue Bowles): War Horse, The Perfect Distance, San Domingo: The Medicine Hat Stallion, The Georges and the Jewels, Saddled: How a Spirited Horse Reined Me In and Set Me Free, Keeping Secrets, Princess Ellie to the Rescue, A Good Horse

War Horse

Author	Michael Morpurgo
ISBN	0439796636

A powerful tale of war, redemption and a hero's journey.

In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the Western Front. With his officer, he charges toward the enemy, witnessing the horror of the battles...

The Perfect Distance

Author	Kim Ablon Whitney
ISBN	0553494678

Seventeen-year-old Francie Martinez rides with one of the best equitation trainers in the country, and works as a groom to pay her way. For as long as she can remember, she's dreamed of winning the Maclay finals in Madison Square Garden—the most prestigious horse event in the country for this age group—and...

San Domingo: The Medicine Hat Stallion

Author	Marguerite Henry
ISBN	0689716311

Peter Lundy has two joys in life: the rugged western plains where he has grown up and San Domingo, a Medicine Hat Stallion. The Indians believe such a horse is sacred -- that neither bullet nor arrow can harm its rider. As they explore the prairie together, a bond forms between Peter and San Domingo that...

The Georges and the Jewels

Author	Jane Smiley
ISBN	0375862277

A Pulitzer Prize winner makes her debut for young readers.

Jane Smiley makes her debut for young readers in this stirring novel set on a California horse ranch in the 1960s. Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt has always been more at ease with horses than with people. Her father insists they call all...

Saddled: How a Spirited Horse Reined Me In and Set Me Free

Author	Susan Richards
ISBN	0547241720

One day, at the age of thirty-one, Susan Richards realized that she was an alcoholic. She wrote it down in her journal, struck by the fact that it had taken nine years of waking up hung-over to name her illness. What had changed?

Susan had a new horse, a spirited Morgan named Georgia, and, as she...

Keeping Secrets

Author

Maggie Dana

A valuable show jumper is dead, and it’s all her fault, which is why 14-year-old Kate McGregor has put horses and riding out of her life. Forever!

But her new summer job as a companion to Holly Chapman, a former riding star who’s now confined to a wheelchair, takes Kate back to the barn — the...

Princess Ellie to the Rescue

Author	Diana Kimpton
ISBN	0786848707

I reviewed this as a potential recommendation to my 2nd grade advanced-reader granddaughter, since it matches her pony/princess reading interests.

This is a very well told story on about the 4th grade level. Don't let Lizzy Finley's cute illustrations fool you into thinking it is for 1st...

A Good Horse

Author	Jane Smiley
ISBN	0375862293

When eighth grader Abby Lovitt looks out at those pure-gold rolling hills, she knows there’s no place she’d rather be than her family’s ranch—even with all the hard work of tending to nine horses. But some chores are no work at all, like grooming young Jack. At eight months, his rough foal coat...