SOLVED. YA Coming of Age fiction. 3 teens in city, during an outing one falls into the carcass of a dead horse. Read late 1970's/early 1980's. [s]

[Sharon]

I believe it was 2 boys and a girl. All I can remember is one fell into the carcass and it's been driving me nuts for years. I read the book in the late 70's or early 80's.

[Rainbowheart]

Was it historical fiction, or set in the modern day?

Do you remember why there was a horse carcass on the street?

[Sharon]

It was not historical fiction. Probably set in the 60s or 70s. The horse carcass was in a field they were passing through in a city area. That is honestly about all I can remember. I read it as a teen in the 80s. They were 3 friends and it was a coming of age story.

[Daisy]

Something by S. E. Hinton maybe?

[bookel]

Openlibrary says there's a dead horse scene in Red Sky at Morning.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/enc...

[Rainbowheart]

Red Sky at Morning for bookel's suggestion.

[Rainbowheart]

There's a horse carcass in "The Colt" by Wallace Stegner, but I don't know if anyone falls into it.

[Sharon]

YES! That's the book. Red Sky at Morning. They played a game where they had to touch a dead horse and the main character tripped and feel into the carcass. I'm going to read that book again. From the synopsis I didn't get what I should have from the book 45 years ago, or like everything else, I've forgotten it all....except that darn dead horse. Thank you all!