Risky Chance

Name: Risky Chance
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ISBN: 9780375868337

ISBN-10: 037586833X

ISBN-13: 9780375868337

Edition: 2011

Authors: Alison Hart, Ruth Sanderson

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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. From the Trade Paperback…

Book details

List price: $6.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Random House, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/13/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Author and illustrator Ruth Sanderson was born in Ware, Massachusetts on November 24, 1951. She graduated from the Paier School of Art in 1974. She has illustrated over 70 books and has written and illustrated 12 books. She has won numerous awards including the 1980 National Science Teachers Award for Five Nests, the 1992 Young Hoosier Award and the 1994 Irma S. Black Award for The Enchanted Wood, and the 2003 Texas Bluebonnet Award for The Golden Mare, The Firebird, and the Magic Ring.