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The Horse Road

by Troon Harrison

Ages: 12+

Published: 2012

Publisher: Bloomsbury

ISBN: 978-1-59990-846-5

Keywords: Horses

Thirteen-year-old Kallisto--whose father is an aristocrat and whose mother is a nomad who lives for her horses--makes peace with an invader and proves her capability to herself and her parents.