Lauren Brooke
Author
Series
Heartland volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
A new stablehand may ruin Amy's relationship with Ty, the only person who understands the role that Heartlands and its program for rescuing and rehabilitating abused horses plays in Amy's life.
2) Coming home
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Amy's mother founded Heartland, a place for healing traumatized horses, but Amy, who inherited her mother's skills with horses, must continue her work after an accident on a stormy night kills her mother.
Author
Series
Heartland volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Although she is still in pain from her mother's death, Amy must use all her skills with horses to help Spartan, the animal they were trying to rescue the night her mother was killed.
Author
Series
Heartland volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
When her mother's favorite horse Pegasus falls ill Amy must make some hard decisions about his treatment.
Author
Series
Heartland volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
6) True enough
Author
Series
Heartland volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Amy is startled when her enemy, Ashley Grant, arrives at Heartland looking for someone to train her horse, Bright Magic, but after taking on the responsibility and working closely with Ashley, Amy finds herself warming up to the girl.
Author
Series
Heartland volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
When Amy finds out her sister, Lou, is trying to get in touch with their estranged father, she doesn't know what to do. She isn't willing to let her father into her life again. Forcing herself to forget about it, Amy focuses her attention on the new horse, Melody. But when complications develop with Melody's unborn foal, it takes nothing short of a miracle to help Amy realize that life is not about the pain you've felt in the past, but the hope you...
Author
Series
Heartland volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
As Amy adjusts to life without her mother, she relies on her friend Ty, who shares with Amy the responsibility for maintaining Heartland, and when she's struck by another family crisis, it's to Ty that she turns for support.
Author
Series
Heartland volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
In the hills of Virginia, Amy works to develop an emotional connection to Gallant Prince, a racehorse that has been severely traumatized in a stable fire, while also trying to deal with her changing relationship with Ty.
10) Every new day
Author
Series
Heartland volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Against Ty's wishes, Amy brings formerly talented jumper Mercury to a wise horse healer in the mountains who had been friends with her mom, and in the process discovers more about her own abilities.
11) Darkest hour
Author
Series
Heartland volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
The flu has overrun the horses at Heartland, and despite Amy and Ty's efforts to keep the unaffected horses out of risk, the illness keeps spreading, and causes a rift in friendships.
Author
Series
Heartland volume 10
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
When Amy meets Daniel, she is shocked by his coldness, but after she spends time with him, she begins to understand his desire to avoid the spectacle of the show circuit, and his great love for his horse, Amber.
13) Sooner or later
Author
Series
Heartland volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Amy must make a decision between two lifelong dreams--caring for sick and injured horses or showing Storm in major competition--when she realizes she cannot be dedicated to both.
14) The new class
Author
Series
Chestnut Hill volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
When Dylan Walsh finally comes of age to attend Chestnut Hill, an exclusive boarding school in Virginia with a premiere riding program, she soon discovers the importance of making the right friends and avoiding enemies.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
After her sophomore year at college, Amy receives an urgent request to help a troubled horse. She is whisked off to the Hamptons to meet Alfredo Escobar, whose Argentinean family is renowned for their involvement in exclusive polo circuits. The Escobars expect nothing but the best -- from both their ponies and their riders. But Alfredo's pony, Impala, has been giving him problems. If Alfredo can't learn to work with her they may both be in for trouble....
Author
Series
Heartland volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Already struggling to keep up with the chores at Heartland and maintain a positive outlook while Ty is in the hospital, Amy is challenged in every way by the wild mustang that defies her attempts to reach out to him.
17) Love is a gift
Author
Series
Heartland volume 15
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
On a visit to their father's ranch in Australia, Lou has no difficulty accepting her father's new wife, Helena, while Amy seeks refuge in the stables and in working with Spirit, the reluctant grey gelding trained by Helena.
18) A winter's gift
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
When Amy returns to Heartland for winter break, she discovers that a pregnant mare needs both her help and Ty's, but Amy wonders if they will be able to work together again since she broke up with him to focus on her college work.
19) A season of hope
Author
Series
Heartland volume 17
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
When Ty's father, Brad, makes an unexpected stop at Heartland, Amy is horrified to discover that he is transporting seven sick and dehydrated horses, which pits Ty against his father as he and Amy try to nurse the horses back to health.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Home for spring break after starting the pre-veterinary program at Virginia Tech, Amy must decide whether Heartland is still the place for her or if it is time to move on.