Horse Diaries #7: Risky Chance

Alison Hart

Sep 2011 · Horse Diaries Book 7 · Sold by Random House Books for Young Readers

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

I love this book showing how a horse wins a lot of race but some thing bad goes wrong and he starts to get weak and stiff until a loving family spends all there money for him and so the poor but may soon get ritch cause the girl in the family trains him and makes him better so they inter him ia race to see if he wins but they r not putting him in the race for the money they put him in the race cause they knew thats what he was born to do.

This book was very cute and endearing. I recommend this book for 7-9 year olds.

This book is cute and perfect for my friends history project; )

About the author

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.