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Random House

Just the Series: Horse Diaries Vol. 10

Series and Publisher: Horse Diaries

Annotation: Born on a windy hill off the coast of Ireland in 1917, a Connemara pony named Darcy is sold to a farm family and trained to pull a cart and plow, in chapter-book format.

Genre: [Animal fiction] [Historical fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #68518

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Special Formats: Chapter Book

Publisher: Random House

Edition Date: 2013 Release Date: 01/08/13

Illustrator: Sanderson, Ruth,

Pages: 142 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-307-97635-1 Perma-Bound: 0-605-58943-7

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-307-97635-2 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-58943-8

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2011039875

Dimensions: 18 cm.

Subject Heading:
Connemara pony. Juvenile fiction.
Connemara pony. Fiction.
Ponies. Fiction.
Ireland. History. 1910-1921. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2013)

Darcy is a Connemara pony owned by a family living on the West Coast of Ireland in the early twentieth century. As with the other books in the series, this is one part history, three parts horse book. Readers will root for the plucky horse protagonist and the children who care for her. Information on the breed and the historical setting is appended.

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Horn Book (Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2013)

Word Count: 15,007

Reading Level: 6.1

Interest Level: 3-6

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 6.1 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 156080 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:7.5 / points:6.0 / quiz:Q59938

Lexile: 960L

Guided Reading Level: W

Fountas & Pinnell: W

Ireland, 1917. Darcy is a light gray Connemara pony with silver dapples. She's fast and tough, whether she's pulling a load of peat from the bog or riding around the rugged countryside with Shannon McKenna, her human family's eldest daughter. But when Mrs. McKenna needs a doctor, Darcy discovers a skill that will change her and her family's life forever. Like Black Beauty, this moving novel is told in first person from the horse's point of view and includes an appendix full of photos and facts about Connemara ponies and Irish history.

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