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| Author: | Marguerite Henry |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 8 and up |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 8 and up |
| Genre: | non-fiction: animals |
| Year of publication: | 1948 |
Newbery award-winning story of Sham, the father of the modern thoroughbred, and the slave boy who believed in him. | |
Gently written, but the facts of the tale are harrowing. The boy, his horse and his cat are regularly tossed out on the street by uncaring adults. I won't share the ending, but we found the boy's fate disturbing as well. | |
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