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Random House

Just the Series: Horse Diaries Vol. 3

Series and Publisher: Horse Diaries

Annotation: Traveling with his owners from Missouri to Oregon in 1848, Koda, an energetic two-year-old quarter horse, finds the long journey increasingly tedious and tiring until his young owner goes missing on the trail and he must use all his skills to find her.

Genre: [Animal fiction] [Historical fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #92590

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Special Formats: Chapter Book

Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: Random House

Edition Date: 2009 Release Date: 10/27/09

Illustrator: Sanderson, Ruth,

Pages: 136 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-375-85199-2 Perma-Bound: 0-605-84844-0

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-375-85199-5 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-84844-3

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2008034836

Dimensions: 18 cm.

Subject Heading:
Quarter horse. Juvenile fiction.
Quarter horse. Fiction.
Horses. Fiction.
Oregon National Historic Trail. Fiction.
Overland journeys to the Pacific. Fiction.
Oregon National Historic Trail. Juvenile fiction.
West (U.S.). History. To 1848. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2010)

Quarter horse Koda, born in 1840s Missouri, describes traveling with his (human) family along the Oregon Trail. The story has moments of tension, and the foal's engaging voice smooths the mild historical lesson and inserted facts about quarter horses. Black-and-white drawings that strive for realism accompany the text. An appendix gives more background.

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Horn Book (Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2010)

Word Count: 13,392

Reading Level: 4.1

Interest Level: 3-6

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.1 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 133684 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.5 / points:5.0 / quiz:Q59170

Lexile: 730L

Guided Reading Level: T

Fountas & Pinnell: T

For anyone who has ever dreamed of hearing a horse’s story . . .

Independence, Missouri, 1846

Koda is a bay quarter horse with a white blaze. He loves to explore the countryside and run free with his human friend Jasmine nearby. But after Koda sets out with Jasmine’s family on a long and dusty wagon train journey on the Oregon Trail, he finds out what is truly important to him. Here is Koda’s story . . . in his own words.

With moving and knowledgeable text and lovely black-and-white art throughout—both by real horse people—this is the perfect fit for all lovers of horses and history!

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