Best Horse Books for Tweens

Through masterful storytelling, War Horse follows Joey’s journey from beloved pet to army steed to heroic war horse.

As Joey charges through no man’s land and into enemy fire, he becomes a symbol of hope and courage for the British and German soldiers alike.

Mary's Song is a story about friendship, love and hope. Twelve-year-old Mary falls in love with a foal that is lame just like her.

The expensive surgery the foal needs has little chance to correct the problem.

Still Mary plots and conspires to raise money for the horse, even as time runs out.

Annie is a Morgan horse who was abandoned and is in need of a home.

When Chauncy brings her to Gallant Morgans, he makes it clear that she can only stay if he can locate her registration papers.

Annie is eventually identified as the horse belonging to Heather, who was afraid to tell Chauncy that she had originally been abandoned.

Will Chauncy send Annie back to her original owner?

A young Native American girl named Arrow is given the gift of a special amulet by her grandfather, but when she tries to use it to protect her tribe, it goes missing.

Her only hope for getting it back is convincing the white settlers that she is who she says she is, so they will help her search for it.

Along with two of her friends and a wild mustang named Sky Horse, Arrow embarks on an incredible adventure to find the missing amulet before it’s too late.

In 1912, four men set out on the longest horseback ride in history, visiting all forty-eight state capitals.

Facing rugged roads, raging rivers, thieves and near starvation, the men went through seventeen horses.

Pinto, the little horse with a heart as big as the whole country, tells his story of adventure in this exciting nonfiction picture book.

Bullying? Dallis Parker knows all too well what that means.

Dallis doesn’t make friends easily. At the age of six, she fell off her pony and broke her leg.

Now seven years later, she walks with a squeaky leg brace and struggles with rejection.

But when she moves to the Poconos and meets Snow, everything changes.

With her new friend by her side, Dallis finally feels accepted and loved - just like a real phantom stallion should feel.

Kate’s a horse girl. She loves everything about them, from how they smell to how they feel under her.

Kate’s been riding since she was five years old and can do the basics on a horse.

But it would be so much better if she had a friend to ride with!

And maybe even one of her own someday…

The storm howled, the wind raged, and rain pelted the windows of Paul and Maureen’s house.

Misty, the beautiful mare of Chincoteague Island, was about to give birth to a foal—a colt that would one day become famous throughout the world.

But could she survive this terrible storm?

When two girls are divided by time, but united by their love for some very special horses, they must embark on an epic Caribbean adventure to save them.

From the author of the bestselling novel “The Girl Who Drank the Moon” comes a heartwarming new story about the power of friendship and determination.

The Horse and His Boy is a thrilling adventure story about two runaways who meet and join forces.

Though they are only looking to escape their harsh and narrow lives, they soon find themselves at the center of a terrible battle.

It is a battle that will decide their fate and the fate of Narnia itself.

Issie loves horses more than anything! And she especially loves her pony Mystic at Chevalier Point Pony Club.

So when the unthinkable happens, Issie is devastated.

But with the help of her new friends and their ponies, will Issie be able to find a way to move on?

Charlotte Parkhurst was raised in the mid-1800s and was expected to live her life without the freedoms she dreamed of.

But Charlotte was smart and determined, and she figured out a way to live her life the way she wanted.

She became an expert horse rider, a legendary stagecoach driver, and the first woman ever to vote – at a time when such things were outlawed for women.

The first time that Ken McLaughlin sees Flicka galloping past him on his family's Wyoming horse ranch, he knows she's the yearling he's been longing for.

But Flicka comes from a long line of wild horses, and taming her will take more than Ken could ever have imagined.

Soon, Ken is faced with an impossible choice: give up on his beautiful horse, or risk his life to fight for her.