ranch life

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
ranch life

Nightmare mountain

1989
Twelve-year-old Molly's visit to her aunt and uncle's llama ranch in the state of Washington leads her into unexpected danger and suspense.

Gee Whiz

Soon after her yearling, Jack, begins working with professional trainers at a nearby ranch, Abby Lovitt takes responsibility for a very large, very smart, and very curious retired racehorse named Gee Whiz.

Firebug

2004
Twelve-year-old Haley Sparks was not looking forward to cleaning cabins and washing dishes at her Uncle Jake's bed and breakfast cabins, but when an arsonist burns one of the cabins Haley sets out to find the culprit.

Sundancer

2006
Bird, a thirteen-year-old girl who has not spoken since being dumped by her mother to be raised with her Aunt Hannah at Saddle Creek Farm, forms a special bond with Sundancer, a guarded, touchy horse left at the farm, and both girl and horse are making great progress when Bird's mother Eva decides to pay a visit.

Pie in the sky

2012
Abby Lovitt takes her beloved horse, True Blue, to the most famous equestrian clinic around, not knowing how it will change her and her horse's life. Then, Sophia, a girl who hardly ever makes a mistake, becomes so frightened that she refuses to ride her horse, Pie in the Sky, ever again. Pie in the Sky comes to Abby, who reluctantly takes the challenge of training the stubborn horse, and in the process learns something about life.

Moonlight madness

1999
Hank the cowdog must protect the ranch from an orphaned raccoon with a bad case of "moonlight madness," an itch for trouble brought on by the light of the moon.

Secrets in the hills

a Josefina mystery
2006
A mysterious stranger arrives at young Josefina's rancho in 1826 New Mexico, sparking her curiosity about the legendary gold and silver buried in the nearby hills and a weeping ghost rumored to haunt the countryside.

Rodeo rider

1996
Carole, Stevie, and Lisa visit their good friend Kate Devine at her family's dude ranch while the annual rodeo is in town.

Cowboys

roundup on an American ranch
1996
A pictorial essay on cowboys, focusing on the annual round-up at the Eby Ranch in Faywood, New Mexico.

True blue

2011
In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, whose former owner was killed in a tragic accident, and Abby wonders whether the horse's skittish nature is because he is being haunted by the ghost of his former owner.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - ranch life