Dandi Daley Mackall
21) Lucky for Winnie
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In Lucky for Winnie, Winnie finally gets the opportunity to gentle her own horse. While she hopes it will be the beautiful Arabian, she instead gets stuck with Lucky, a headstrong Mustang. Meanwhile, Winnie feels tempted to submit a traced drawing for the school art fair because she doubts her artistic skills. Winnie learns that the love and support of her family is better than being a good artist. Plus, when she pushes past her first impression and...
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Gracie's always been good at handling everything herself, but pressures at school and personal disappointments prove almost more than she can bear in this fifth book in the Blog On series. Will she learn to share her burdens with God and with her friends before she cracks?
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In 1932, Akron, Ohio was no better off than other parts of the country. Since Black Tuesday in '29, companies are closed, men all over the state are out of work, and families are running out of hope. Thirteen-year-old Rudy wants to help but doesn't know where to turn. His father, sullen and withdrawn, spends his time sulking on their front porch. His mother is desperate, not knowing how she will feed and care for her family. When Rudy learns of other...
24) Horse Dreams
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IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
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Fourth-grader Ellie James has a great imagination. She spends a lot of time daydreaming of owning a black stallion show horse and winning trophies in the horse show. But when the answer to all her dreams and prayers gallops into her life, will Ellie be able to recognize it? Join Ellie and her quirky family in their exciting, horse-loving adventures.
25) Just Sayin'
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Just Sayin' tells the story of an almost-blended family that almost falls apart before it even begins. 11 year-old Cassie Callahan is staying with her grandmother while her mom, Jennifer, recovers from a difficult breakup from her fiancé, Trent. Cassie, along with Trent's kids, Nick and Julie, are trying to figure out why their parents' relationship ended so abruptly and searching for a way to bring them back together. Meanwhile, the kids get caught...
26) Friendly Foal
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Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. Along with her dad and sister, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom, who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches her horses about uncondi-tional love and trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted as well. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky personalities fill Winnie's life with friendship and adventure.#7: Friendly Foal-A newborn filly...
27) Runaway
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IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
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A new series by Dandi Daley Mackall, author of the best-selling Winnie the Horse Gentler series! I've run away seven times-never once to anything, just away from. Maybe that's why they call me a "runaway," and not a "run-to." Meet 16-year-old Dakota Brown. She used to love all things "horse" until she lost everything, including hope. The minute she sets foot on her foster parents' farm-Starlight Animal Rescue-she plans her escape. But can an "impossible"...
28) Upsetting Annie
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Annie Lind has a great life until her cousin comes to live with her. Though Annie hopes Shawna can be the sister she never had, she finds instead that her cousin is cuter, smaller, more popular, and a better cheerleader. It will take God's grace to conquer the green-eyed monster in Book 6 of the Blog On series.
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Anticipate, celebrate, and marvel at Jesus' birth with Three Wise Women, a richly researched and faith-building new devotional by Dandi Daley Mackall. You are invited to spend the 40 days of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany in the company of Mary the mother of Jesus, Elizabeth the mother of John the Baptist, and Anna the prophetess at the temple in Jerusalem. We don't hear many details directly from these three women at the heart of the first Christmas,...
30) Grace Notes
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Gracie prefers blogging anonymously about her high school classmates to befriending them-and she likes being an outsider just fine, thanks. But when a new student discovers Gracie's identity, she's forced to make a decision. Will she choose belonging-and a wonderful new friend-or will she keep her distance?
31) Storm Warning
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Written by bestselling author Dandi Daley Mackall, in this series girls use Internet technology to unite and connect in powerful new ways. Discover a world where girls come together from completely different backgrounds and beliefs to start a journey of faith and self-discovery. Storm Novelo can't understand why she's messing up more now than before she became a Christian. Believing she's at least partly to blame for her dad's depression, Storm is...
32) Chasing Dream
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IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
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Feisty fourth-grader Ellie feels the need to prove to the world that her Backyard Horse (Dream) is worthy of attention. Ellie arranges a race to show off her dream. But her world is shaken when her horse gets sick and she is forced to realize that she could very well lose her Dream.
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In the center of the nest lay one perfect egg, the color of a spring sky. The father robin sat on a branch nearby, guarding his family. Tressa spotted raccoon tracks below and a blue jay eyeing the nest. "Gran, how are we going to keep the egg safe?" "We'll have to leave that one to the Creator," Gran said. Robins have built a nest on the window ledge at Grandmother's house! Tressa is thrilled-and concerned. What will happen to the sky-blue egg laid...
34) Buckskin Bandit
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Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. Along with her dad and sister, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom, who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches her horses about unconditional love and trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted as well. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky personalities fill Winnie's life with friendship and adventure.#8: Buckskin Bandit-When a buckskin...
35) Wild Cat
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I haven't done anything with my life. . . . I need to do something . . . like Mom and Dad and Hank do all the time. And I need to do it now. Meet 12-year-old Kat-short for Katharine. She thinks she has two weeks to do something worthy of being adopted by her wonderful foster family. But cancer, medicine, and the older kids at Starlight Animal Rescue make it difficult for Kat to really help out around the farm. On top of that, she's just started junior...
36) A Girl Named Dan
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Ten-year-old Dandi (affectionately called 'Dan' by family and friends) lives and breathes baseball. She may not be a fence buster but she can 'hit 'em where they ain't' in the neighborhood pick-up games. The boys know she's a contender. And there's no bigger fan of the 1961 Kansas City A's. So when Charlie Finley, the A's new owner, announces an essay contest to get batboys, there's no doubt Dandi will enter the contest. Dandi not only enters the...
37) Bold Beauty
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Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. She can gentle the wildest mare, but other parts of life don't always come as easily. Along with her dad and sister, Lizzy, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom-who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches horses about unconditional love and blind trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted as well. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky personalities...
38) Night Mare
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IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
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A class assignment-to blog-gets Ellie's horse Dream noticed. Ellie and her family believed that the Pinto was a "runaway" horse without a home. But now the owners want him back. How will Ellie deal with losing her beloved backyard horse?
39) Homesick Horse
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In Homesick Horse, Winnie's Aunt Betty comes to stay, bringing her barn sour horse. Buck is too anxious to spend much time outside the barn, always running for home at the first chance. Winnie takes on the challenge of helping Buck acclimate to being outdoors. But Winnie herself is anxious about leaving home to go to Tamson's sleepover, while Aunt Betty misses her home in California. Winnie and Aunt Betty both learn that they are at home with Jesus,...
40) Just Jazz
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Being an artist means everything to Jazz Fletcher. And her work on the Website is stirring up rave reviews. But if she doesn't come up with a commercially successful masterpiece, her parents will make her drop her 'hobby' for a real job. Will her entry in an art contest be good enough to win-and prove her worth?