On the same day that Evy learns another of her mom’s secrets, she also discovers that they are almost out of money! And her mom has stopped painting, so there will be no more money coming in. How will they live? Wanting to help, Evy enters a dangerous local race, hoping to win the prize money. However, the Downhill Mountain Race isn’t the most important race Evy and Rusty will run – or the most perilous. At risk, not prize money, but innocent mustangs who have been forced from their wild homes. Can Evy save them?
Kestrel and Evy get a chance to investigate Evy’s mysterious history but soon find themselves on the run from a terrifying adversary. Then at long, long last, Evy gets all the answers to her questions. Her entire world is shaken. But are the answers truthful? There’s only one way to know for sure: Evy and her mom must confront the people who have been hunting them for her entire life. And unfortunately, sometimes it’s much easier to confront someone than to escape from their clutches afterward!
When Lisa's family was forced to sell their house and horses, life became hard enough - but then her dad finds out Lisa is going everyday to visit the horse that was once hers, her beloved Jupiter, and forbids her to go again. But nothing is going to stop Lisa, not even the new owner's nephew who threatens her. And now the final blow, the nephew is abusing Jupiter! Lisa feels helpless and outnumbered. Only one thing is for certain: she will not abandon the horse she loves. She just has to find a way to solve all the problems. And then the very bad situation becomes infinitely worse.
When Lauren’s dad discovers she is being stalked, he sends her away to stay with his sister. Lauren doesn’t want to go but when she arrives at Misty Lake, a surprise awaits: her own horse to ride! The golden days of summer stretch before her with wondrous promise. Then Lauren overhears her stalker’s name. Shocked, she runs away on her new horse, and finds something she never expected in a million years, something both terrible beyond belief and more amazing than she can imagine!
Evy is elated. She gets an entire weekend hanging out with her best friends, both horse and human, with no adults around. All they have to do is take care of the cattle – and eat tons of cake and go for rides and basically do anything they feel like doing. What could be better? Maybe if that big grizzly bear didn’t decide a cow would make a nice dinner... And the cattle didn’t stampede... And the only way to escape from the bear is across the ice covered lake...
Sun Catcher desperately wants to become a trusted scout for her tribe so she can prove that she’s worthy of keeping her beautiful mare, Sunshine. Unfortunately, on their very first scouting trip together, checking the mountain pass to their winter home, they are caught in a rockslide. Then Sunshine disappears! Hoping the wind-drinker has gone home, Sun Catcher returns as well – to find that Strong Bull, a powerful man among the people, doesn’t believe her when she says the pass is ruined. Even worse, Sunshine didn’t come home, and winter has come early! What is Sun Catcher to do?
After Mika rescues a desperate, abused cat, scary things begin to happen. Does Mika have the courage to take on Angel’s darkly gifted, cruel owner? As soon as Mika runs from the abandoned house, the frightened cat in her arms, strange things begin to happen. Someone watches her house and a dark presence stalks her in the woods. Mika feels creeped out—but she also has lots of other things to worry about, like hiding Angel until she’s allowed to have a pet, handling her irritating brothers, and adjusting to Dad’s recent sad gruffness. Then the true owner claims the little cat. Mika gets a second chance to rescue Angel, and after a narrow escape, thinks the problem is solved – until Angel’s owner comes back with something that devastates Mika and her family—and Mika discovers something she thought only existed in nightmares. Does Mika have the courage and skills to stop Angel’s darkly gifted, cruel owner? Will she even survive? “Recommend. Angela Dorsey has created a tightly plotted mystery thriller for upper elementary readers. The shading of the creepiness of the house will set readers' nerves on edge. The plot is well balanced between mystery elements and the elements of family life. Mika is a strong character.” ~ CM Magazine
Race Riots and Resistance uncovers a long-hidden, tragic chapter of American history. Focusing on the «Red Summer» of 1919 in which black communities were targeted by white mobs, the book examines the contexts out of which white racial violence arose. It shows how the riots transcended any particularity of cause, and in doing so calls into question many longstanding beliefs about racial violence. The book goes on to portray the riots as a phenomenon, documenting the number of incidents, describing the events in detail, and analyzing the patterns that emerge from looking at the riots collectively. Finally and significantly, Race Riots and Resistance argues that the response to the riots marked an early stage of what came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement.
The astounding true story behind the major new motion picture starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance, with a new epilogue from the author 'A compelling and tragic story' Mail on Sunday When identical twins, June and Jennifer Gibbons were three they began to reject communication with anyone but each other, and so began a childhood bound together in a strange and secret world. As they grew up, love and hate united to push them to the extreme margins of society and, following a five week spree of vandalism and arson, the silent twins were sentenced to a gruelling twelve-year detention in Broadmoor. Award-winning investigative journalist Marjorie Wallace delves into the twins' silent world, revealing their genius, alienation and the mystic bond by which the extremes of good and evil ended in possession and death. 'Breathtaking' Independent 'Extraordinary' Oliver Sacks, New York Times Review of Books
