Horse Power
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2007
- Category
- NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Humorous Stories, General
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Reading age
- 9 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551438818
- Publish Date
- Sep 2007
- List Price
- $9.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554696383
- Publish Date
- Oct 2007
- List Price
- $7.99
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Description
Once again Callie is forced to take part in her mom's latest crusade.
They head into ranch country to camp—bloodthirsty mosquitoes, stinky outhouses and all—at a protest to save a rural school. Callie's grandmother shows up with her biker buddies and the singing grannies. Callie hates camping and wants nothing to do with the protest. To make matters worse, Callie's only possible ally, her cousin Del, is mad at her. The last time Callie visited, she was thrown from Del's horse, Radish. Callie claimed the horse was vicious and now Del's parents are forcing her to sell Radish. Callie wants to help her cousin, but she's terrified of the horse. Del is just as tenacious as the rest of Callie's family, and Callie is forced to admit that she's not going to be allowed to go home until both the horse and the school are saved.
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!
About the author
Ann is a long time Williams Lake, British Columbia resident who has taught both in elementary schools and at the college level. She is the author of seven novels for young readers, most of them set in Barkerville during the gold rush. Her first book, Your Time, My Time was published twenty-two years ago and has been in print continuously since then. As well, Ann is the author of a book of poetry and the editor of three collections of short stories for young people. She also writes for adult readers, and her work has appeared in magazines and anthologies around the world. In Canada her work has been published in Canadian Living, Arts Forum (Ontario) and elsewhere, as well as being heard on CBC radio. Ann serves on the executive of several professional writers' organizations, both in British Columbia and Canada-wide.
Her books have been nominated for major Canadian book prizes and all of them have been selected as "Our Choice" titles by the Canadian Children's Book Centre. Ann is a popular workshop presenter at conferences for writers (Grades 5 to Adult) and is in demand as a speaker, both in schools and at literary festivals. She loves traveling, and is willing to gear her presentations to the needs and requests of a particular school or classroom. Her sessions are fast paced and entertaining, as well as informative. As one teacher commented after Ann had visited her school "She made history come alive."
More about Ann can be found at the CWILL BC website, http://www.cwill.bc.ca/public/search/member_detail/62.
Awards
- Commended, Resource Links, The Year's Best Books
Excerpt: Horse Power (by (author) Ann Walsh)
"Mosquitos? Scorpions? Rattlesnakes? Maybe even rabid grizzly bears? I can hardly wait."
"Drop the sarcasm, Callie. Gerry sais the bugs aren't bad this summer. Now go pack. It's a long drive and we need to get started."
I sighed again. Like it or not, I was going camping. Cold nights, snoring mothers, bloodthirsty mosquitoes, stinky outhouses and all. Not to mention
having to listen to my cousin go on and on about her horse. Or her 4-H projects.
But there was nothing I could do. I had to go. Sighing again, I picked up my suitcase and went in the house.
Editorial Reviews
"This book is an excellent one for teaching students not to let first impressions guide you when dealing with people."
Resource Links
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Flower Power
The Barkerville Mysteries 3-Book Bundle
By the Skin of His Teeth / Moses, Me, and Murder / The Doctor's Apprentice
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Moses, Me, and Murder
A Barkerville Mystery
The Doctor's Apprentice Teachers' Guide
Dundurn Teachers' Guide
Your Time, My Time Teachers' Guide
Dundurn Teachers' Guide
Your Time, My Time
The Ghost of Soda Creek
