The Escape - Kathryn Lasky (Paperback)
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9780545397308
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 25 Nov 2014
- Supply Source
- UK
Book
- Author
- Kathryn Lasky
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Scholastic Paperbacks
- Series
- Horses of the Dawn
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 240
- Dimensions
- 194 x 133 x 20mm (136g)
Annotation
Estrella is a filly, daughter of the lead mare, one of a shipment
of horses bound for the new world, but when the ship is becalmed
and the horses are dropped overboard to lighten the load, Estrella
finds that it is up to her to lead the herd to land and safety.
Summary
Run Wild. Run Free.
The horses are in danger. They were rounded up by the two-legs and forced onto a boat to cross the wide ocean. The journey went badly and the boat was deemed too heavy, so the two-legs forced the horses into the sea and sailed away, leaving the herd to die in the deep.
By a miracle, the horses survived and made it to land. All but one -- the ghost horse, the leader of the pack. Now it's up to her daughter, only a filly, to take charge of the terrified herd. Stranded in a new land, surrounded by two-legs, will the horses find a way to live safe and free?
The horses are in danger. They were rounded up by the two-legs and forced onto a boat to cross the wide ocean. The journey went badly and the boat was deemed too heavy, so the two-legs forced the horses into the sea and sailed away, leaving the herd to die in the deep.
By a miracle, the horses survived and made it to land. All but one -- the ghost horse, the leader of the pack. Now it's up to her daughter, only a filly, to take charge of the terrified herd. Stranded in a new land, surrounded by two-legs, will the horses find a way to live safe and free?
Juvenile Fiction
- General Subject
- Juvenile Grades 3-4 Ages 8-9
- BISAC Subject 1
- Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World / General (see also headings under Animals)
- BISAC Subject 2
- Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
- BISAC Subject 3
- Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Horses
- BISAC Subject 4
- Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World / General (see also headings under Animals)
- BISAC Subject 5
- Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World / General (see also headings under Animals)
- BIC Classification 1
- Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's / Teenage)
- BIC Classification 2
- Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's / Teenage)
- Library Subject 1
- Mothers and daughters
- Library Subject 2
- Leadership
- Library Subject 3
- Horses
- Dewey Classification
- FIC
Author Bio
Kathryn Lasky is the Newbery Honor-winning author of over one
hundred books for children and young adults. Her beloved Guardians
of Ga'Hoole fantasy series has more than seven million copies in
print, and she is the author of the Daughters of the Sea series,
the Wolves of the Beyond series, as well as A TIME FOR COURAGE and
other Dear America titles. Kathryn has also written a number of
critically acclaimed nonfiction titles, such as BEYOND THE BURNING
TIME and TRUE NORTH. She lives with her husband in Cambridge, MA.
Review Quotes
A haunting story of loss, self-discovery, survival, and homecoming.
Publishers Weekly
As in her Guardians of Ga'hoole series, Lasky uses animals to touch on very human issues . . . the cost of freedom and the adversity that comes with the pursuit of one's dreams. Kirkus Reviews
Readers will root for Estrella and eagerly await the next installment. Booklist " "A haunting story of loss, self-discovery, survival, and homecoming." - Publishers Weekly
"As in her Guardians of Ga'hoole series, Lasky uses animals to touch on very human issues . . . the cost of freedom and the adversity that comes with the pursuit of one's dreams." -Kirkus Reviews
"Readers will root for Estrella and eagerly await the next installment."- Booklist
As in her Guardians of Ga'hoole series, Lasky uses animals to touch on very human issues . . . the cost of freedom and the adversity that comes with the pursuit of one's dreams. Kirkus Reviews
Readers will root for Estrella and eagerly await the next installment. Booklist " "A haunting story of loss, self-discovery, survival, and homecoming." - Publishers Weekly
"As in her Guardians of Ga'hoole series, Lasky uses animals to touch on very human issues . . . the cost of freedom and the adversity that comes with the pursuit of one's dreams." -Kirkus Reviews
"Readers will root for Estrella and eagerly await the next installment."- Booklist