Blackwater Creek
基本信息·出版社：Kingfisher Books Ltd ·页码：176 页 ·出版日期：2005年11月 ·ISBN：0753410893 ·条形码：9780753410899 ·装帧：平装 ·正文语种 ...
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基本信息·出版社：Kingfisher Books Ltd
·页码：176 页
·出版日期：2005年11月
·ISBN：0753410893
·条形码：9780753410899
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Saddle the Wind
内容简介 From the treacherous mountain trails of the Pony Express, to the vast prairies of America where pioneers first settled...The "Saddle the Wind" series will sweep readers back through history on an unforgettable journey. They will meet very special heroines from different times and cultures, with two things in common: a great love of horses, and a unique brand of courage. Erika Nagys and her family have come to California from Hungary, in search of gold. When they cannot pay the rent, Erika must go and work for their nasty landlord, the rancher Hart Latham. Erika forms a special bond with an injured filly named Arany, whom she nurses back to health. When Arany escapes from the corral, Erika finds the horse - and gold - in Blackwater Creek. But will newfound riches solve her family's problems?
专业书评 From School Library Journal Grade 4-6–In
Blackwater Creek, set in 1849, Hungarian immigrant Erika Nagy uses her skills with horses to pay off her familys rent debt. While she works for rancher Hart Latham, her brother and father search for gold in California. When an injured horse runs away, Erika tracks her down and, in the process, finds a gold claim her family can work so they can buy their own farm. All she has to do is protect it from Latham. In
Lifetime, Jacquetta May Logan rescues some of her familys Morgan horses from being sent to war by the Yankee soldiers who turn her family home into a hospital. Her encounters with an enslaved brother and sister, Peace and Witness, who carry out the plan to hide the horses, and a union soldier help her to see the goodness in people and start to question her views on slavery. Both of these adventure/horse stories rely heavily on their strong female protagonists to move the action along, and both have events that work out a little too neatly. Jacquettas sudden realization that slavery affects peoples lives seems forced, and Erika finding the filly on land that contains gold nuggets dont quite ring true, but girls who love horses wont care. Give these books to readers who are horse crazy and tired of Bonnie Bryants Saddle Club series (Random).
–Lisa Prolman, Greenfield Public Library, MA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
