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Horse Diaries #7: Risky Chance Paperback – Illustrated, September 13, 2011

by Alison Hart (Author), Ruth Sanderson (Illustrator)
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For all lovers of horses and history, it's the next book in the popular Horse Diaries series. Born in California at the start of the Great Depression, Risky Chance is a gray thoroughbred who was born to race. Life at the track and being spoiled by his jockey's young daughter, Marie, is all Chance could ask for. He loves nothing more than running fast and winning. But after an accident, Chance discovers a side of horse racing that has little to do with glory.

Like Black Beauty, this moving novel is told in first person from the horse's own point of view and includes an appendix full of photos and facts about thoroughbreds, horse racing, and the Great Depression.
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  1. Reading age
    8 - 12 years
  2. Book 7 of 16
    Horse Diaries series
  3. Print length
    176 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    3 - 7
  6. Lexile measure
    630L
  7. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.45 x 7 inches
  8. Publisher
    Random House Books for Young Readers
  9. Publication date
    September 13, 2011
  10. ISBN-10
    037586833X
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0375868337
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ALISON HART has been horse-crazy ever since she can remember. A teacher and author, she's written over 20 books for children, most of them about horses. Her novel Shadow Horse, another Random House title, was nominated for an Edgar Award. Today Ms. Hart still rides because—you guessed it—she's still horse-crazy!

RUTH SANDERSON has illustrated books for children of all ages, including Summer Pony; Winter Pony; Hush, Little Horsie, and the entire Horse Diaries series. She lives with her family in Ware, Massachusetts, and her favorite hobby is horseback riding.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (September 13, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 037586833X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0375868337
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 630L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.45 x 7 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Alison Hart has been writing since she was seven years old when she wrote, illustrated and self-published The Wild Dog. (A book she still shows young readers to prove that it's never too early to be an author.) Today she is an adjunct college instructor teaching reading and writing as well as the author of over twenty mysteries and historical suspense novels for children and teens, including Gabriel's Horses, which has been nominated for over eight state awards. "I honed my craft writing Nancy Drew mysteries and quickly developed a love of strong characters who are thrown into suspenseful situations; in other words, I love writing books that keep young readers glued to the pages."

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Tracey M
5.0 out of 5 stars My 5 year old read above average
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2018
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My 5 year old reads above average and asked me to purchase these books she currently on book 9 after receiving them the beginning of December.

She loves to read and she reads everything, Its problem borrowing books from the library she always wants to keep them, I find myself purchasing books every few weeks.

The stories are wonderful and she enjoys all the characters, the setting of the story and the images.

She just enjoy the series I purchased the frist book during the summer and she asked me to purchase the series for the holiday when shes off from school

Thank you Horse Diaries
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Marilyn
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Series
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2021
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Purchased for granddaughter who loves horses. She loved this series and learned a lot about the different breeds of horses. She now has her own horse and competes with him in gymkanas and jumping horse shows.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great book
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2021
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I loved this book I think it would be great for 3rd to any other grades or ages so in other words I recommend this book to anyone.
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Horse Crazy 🏇🐎🐴🏇
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing story!🐎
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016
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Risky Chance is the story about a thoroughbred who has his heart set on racing, and winning. Finally he gets a chance to prove himself worthy of the track. At Santa Anita he races with a jockey named Wolf, but it wasn't that way for long. Wolf gets an injury and cannot race, so Chance needs a new jockey. The jocky works him too hard and Chance loses the thing he lives most. Racing. I found this story heartbreaking yet joyful as well. I always enjoy Chance's humor while reading this book.🐎🐎🐎
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DEBORRAH J SCOTT
5.0 out of 5 stars The love for a race horse
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2019
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I have this book five stars, because I really loved reading it. It made you want to keep on reading to see what was going to happen next. It had it's up and downs in the book. I would recommend this book to any horse lover.
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Heidi
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a wonderful series!
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2013
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My daughter loves this series of books! She is crazy about horses and particularly likes the fact that these books are told from the horse's perspective! It is sometimes very difficult getting kids to read - I have found books that utilize animals as characters are very engaging for young readers. My daughter also loves that each book has a different author because she feels it gives the reader more variety with the characters especially since each story is told by a horse. Happy reading!
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Survival Texas
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2015
I love race horse books and this was a good one.
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REO
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect book series for 9 year old daughter!
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2020
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My daughter loves this horse series and cannot seem to get enough. They're beautifully written and she loves the history and settings.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book. I read it with my 10 year ...
Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2017
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Excellent book. I read it with my 10 year old daughter and this one was one of her favorites. Of course she loves horses.
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