Vermont, 1850s
Bell’s Star is a brown Morgan colt with a white star and two white stockings. He was bred for hard work, yet he longs t... read full description
Bell’s Star is a brown Morgan colt with a white star and two white stockings. He was bred for hard work, yet he longs t... read full description
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Feb 21, 2010
Viviennegloria
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Feb 05, 2010
The 5.5 X 7” size of this book and its format made me think it might be “slight” in several ways. I think this is a lovely book for young girls who love horses, but more than a horse book, BELL’S STAR is a work of historical fiction. Nicely told from the horse’s viewpoint (it took me a few pages to get used to that), readers will learn about runaway slaves in Vermont, 1835, and how one child’s courage can change the world. The horrors are hinted at, not dwelt upon, so this might be a good intro
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Sep 10, 2011
Rebecca
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Bell’s Star, or Star as the family he works for calls him, is born in the spring of 1850 on a Vermont farm where a mother and father live with their young daughter, Katie. From the start, young Katie loves Star, and has a strong bond with the horse. Star likes Katie and her family, but he hates work and wishes he could just run free, a longing that Katie often shares as she must do many chores around the farm to help her family.
Three years pass, and it is now the spring of 1853. The More...
Three years pass, and it is now the spring of 1853. The More...
Dec 06, 2009
Rachel
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Calling all horse lovers! This series is told from the viewpoint of a horse in history. In this book it is a male Morgan horse used on a farm in Vermont shortly after the passing of the fugitive slave law. Great horse information, although swallowing the parts where the horses speak to each other is a bit of a stretch, and good from a historical fiction standpoint.
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Nov 30, 2009
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The premise of a diary "written" by a horse would probably be appealing to a horse crazy kid but it didn't work that well for me. Nevertheless this series also takes kids back into time and they work better as historical novels. In this one, the horse comes to the rescue of a runaway slave in 1850's Vermont.
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Dec 01, 2010
Hannah
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A beautiful book! This book is perfect for you if you love horses and/or history.
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