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Lara and the Gray Mare (Hoofbeats, Book 1)
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Lara and the Gray Mare (Hoofbeats, Book 1) Paperback - 2005

by Duey, Kathleen

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Nine-year-old Lara is the daughter of the r'-the leader of her cattle-raising clan. While she spends her days tending to the cattle, her heart lies with her beloved gray mare. When Lara goes to the highlands to set the cattle out to graze, she finds the mare in the process of a difficult birth. Lara vows to take care of the foal as a dying promise to the gray mare, and with the help of a childless milk-cow, she cares for the spindly-legged filly. But just when she is confident that the foal can survive, a rival clan captures them both, and throws Lara's life into turmoil. When the filly is eventually given to a titled baron in the castle town of Athenry, Lara, determined to stay with the horse no matter what, goes along. Together, she and her beloved horse face seemingly insurmountable challenges, but all along Lara keeps two things in mind. One day, she will manage to flee, and will set off in search of the family that she was taken from. And she will not leave without her silver mare.

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  • Title Lara and the Gray Mare (Hoofbeats, Book 1)
  • Author Duey, Kathleen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Sixth printing
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 140
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Puffin Books
  • Date January 13, 2005
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0142402303.G
  • ISBN 9780142402306 / 0142402303
  • Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.67 x 5.22 x 0.4 in (19.48 x 13.26 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 810
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Horses
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

Nine-year-old Lara is the daughter of the r?-the leader of her cattle-raising clan. While she spends her days tending to the cattle, her heart lies with her beloved gray mare. When Lara goes to the highlands to set the cattle out to graze, she finds the mare in the process of a difficult birth. Lara vows to take care of the foal as a dying promise to the gray mare, and with the help of a childless milk-cow, she cares for the spindly-legged filly. But just when she is confident that the foal can survive, a rival clan captures them both, and throws Lara's life into turmoil. When the filly is eventually given to a titled baron in the castle town of Athenry, Lara, determined to stay with the horse no matter what, goes along. Together, she and her beloved horse face seemingly insurmountable challenges, but all along Lara keeps two things in mind. One day, she will manage to flee, and will set off in search of the family that she was taken from. And she will not leave without her silver mare.

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The girl who comes to stand beside me in the early mornings brings me handfuls of barleyand her soft voice.