The eighty-dollar champion : the true story of a horse, a man, and an unstoppable dream
(2020)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
J/798.25/LETTS,E

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Nonfiction J/798.25/LETTS,E Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Delacorte Press, [2020]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780593127124, 0593127129 :, 0593127129, 9780593127124
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Based on The Eighty-Dollar Champion, copyright © 2011 by Elizabeth Letts. Originally published in hardcover by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 2011"--Title page verso

The last horses -- On the way home -- Land of clover -- A school for young ladies -- Hollandia Farms -- How to make a living at horses -- The stable boy -- Where the heart is -- The horse can jump -- The horse business -- Snowman's first show -- Sinjon -- The circuit -- The Cinderella House -- New challenges -- Piping Rock, part I: the competition -- Piping Rock, part II: the show begins -- Piping Rock, part III: up and over -- The indoor circuit -- The Diamond Jubilee, part I: off to the races -- The Diamond Jubilee, part II: a whole new world -- The Diamond Jubilee, part III: Snowman soars -- Under the spotlights -- Famous! -- The wind of change -- Camelot -- New Hollandia Farms -- The legacy of a champion

In 1958, a horse bound for the slaughterhouse is purchased by a man who names him Snowman and takes him to the top of equestrian show jumping

Ages 8-12

Grades 4-6

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