Paint The Wind
After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, eleven-year-old Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters Artemisia, a wild mare that her mother once rode.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 74
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: self-actualization (psychology), ranch life [X], family, horses, orphans, families [X], self-realization, family life, audiobooks
Justin And The Best Biscuits In The World
Suffering in a family full of females, ten-year-old Justin feels that cleaning and keeping house are women's work until he spends time on his beloved grandfather's ranch.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 48
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: sex role, grandfathers, ranch life [X], family life, african americans, families [X], blacks, grandparent and child
Northward To The Moon
When her stepfather loses his job in Saskatchewan, Jane and the rest of the family set off on a car trip, ending up in Nevada after improbably being given a bag full of possibly stolen money.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: families [X], grandmothers, automobile travel, ranch life [X], family life, canada, nevada, massachusetts
True Blue
In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, whose former owner was killed in a tragic accident, and Abby wonders whether the horse's skittish nature is because he is being haunted by the ghost of his former owner.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: horses, ranch life [X], families [X], christian life, california, animal stories, family life, family
Mystery Ranch
A graphic novel adaptation of Gertrude Chandler Warner's story in which eccentric Aunt Jane needs help on her ranch, so the Aldens, affectionately known as the Boxcar Children, get help from a private detective.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), mystery and detective stories, boxcar children (fictional characters), mystery fiction, suspense, mystery, orphans, family life, cartoons and comics, mystery graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, detective and mystery stories, family, families [X], warner, gertrude chandler, mystery comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, ranches, readers (publications), adaptations, brothers and sisters, ranch life [X], aunts, detective and mystery fiction, mystery fiction
Nicki
When ten-year-old Nicki agrees to take over the training of Sprocket, a service dog, it is just one more thing in her overly full schedule, but much to her surprise, dog training teaches Nicki a valuable skill--how to stand up for herself.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710