If Wishes Were Horses
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Paperback · October 8, 2012
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in sisters trying to save their family horse farm
- Themes
- Loss and perseverance, Family hardship
- Genres
- YA Horse Stories, Farm & Ranch YA, Coming of Age
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If Wishes Were Horses is Jean Slaughter Doty's story of loss and perserverance—and one not to miss. Thirteen-year-old Stephany Reed and her older sister struggle, after their father's death, to keep the family horse farm going but are balked by a stable fire and mounting debts.
Where it sits
| YA Horse Stories | 94% |
|---|---|
| Farm & Ranch YA | 68% |
| Coming of Age | 61% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Horse Stories
- Coming of Age
- YA Blended Family Stories
- Authors
- Jean Slaughter Doty
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Published
- October 8, 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Loss and perseverance · Family hardship
- Reading lane
- YA Horse Stories