Ben, a bay sabino horse, acts heroically when the wagon train his boss is leading from Ohio to the Illinois Territory runs into trouble at Flynn's Ferry Crossing. Includes facts about bay sabino horses.
A collection of twelve realistic tales centered around contemporary children and the difficulties they encounter in their everyday lives, lives in which horses happen to be key players.
Twelve-year-old Cole's behavior causes his mother to take him to live with a father he has never known, but who soon has Cole involved with a group of African-American "cowboys" who rescue horses and use them to steer youths away from drugs and gangs.
Depicts the life of El Scham, a Godolphin Arabian horse--whose breed counts for one-third of twentieth century thoroughbred race horses--and his loyal traveling companions, a man named Agba the Mute and a tabby cat called Grimalkin.