Hoofbeats Lara and the MoonColored ..., Kathleen Duey
Hoofbeats Lara and the MoonColored ..., Kathleen Duey
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Hoofbeats: Lara and the Moon-Colored Filly #2

Author: Kathleen Duey

Narrator: Suzy Meyers

Unabridged: 2 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/22/2018


Synopsis

The second book in the Hoofbeats series focusing on Lara!

Nine-year-old Lara is the daughter of the the leader of her cattle-raising clan. While she spends her days tending to the cattle, her heart lies with her beloved gray mare. When Lara goes to the highlands to set the cattle out to graze, she finds the mare in the process of a difficult birth. Lara vows to take care of the foal as a dying promise to the gray mare, and with the help of a childless milk-cow, she cares for the spindly-legged filly. But just when she is confident that the foal can survive, a rival clan captures them both, and throws Lara's life into turmoil. When the filly is eventually given to a titled baron in the castle town of Athenry, Lara, determined to stay with the horse no matter what, goes along. Together, she and her beloved horse face seemingly insurmountable challenges, but all along Lara keeps two things in mind. One day, she will manage to flee, and will set off in search of the family that she was taken from. And she will not leave without her silver mare.

About The Author

Kathleen Duey has written over eighty books for children and young adults. Here well-known middle-grade series include American Diaries, Survival, and Hoofbeats. Her young adult novel Skin Hunger was a National Book Award Honor finalist. She lives in Fallbrook, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jane

Lara and the Moon-Colored Filly, while well-written and consistent with the first book of the series, is probably the weakest of the Hoofbeats quartet, simply because of how little actually happens. However, it’s a quick, easy read that does a great job of emphasizing the bond between Lara and Danns......more

Goodreads review by Pasta

While the story was interesting (at least to me), I just don’t enjoy the way this part of the series is written. It feels janky and strange to me, and I often get pulled out of the moment because of it. There were also a few typos/errors in the book, I’m not sure if it’s just the batch my copy came......more

I have read this book eleven times over the last four years if that tells you anything! Kathleen Duey does a really great job telling the story of a nine-year-old Irish daughter of her clan's ri. When Lara and some of her friends and aunt are on the patures that they use for their dairy, Lara,her au......more

Goodreads review by Sheila

First: be honest, I am a 'senior' in age but have loved horse stories since I was a kid. As I was not familiar with the 'Hoof beats" series, I expected this book to be a pony club story. Very refreshing to find it is a story set in ancient Ireland in the world of warring "ri's", horse stealing and h......more

Goodreads review by Lara

Awesome! Loved it! Her name is Larach but her people called her Lara. She is the chief's daughter. She loves this filly but gets captured by different people and they say the filly is theirs. So sad.......more