Centaur Rising

By Jane Yolen

Book Overview

One night during the Perseid meteor shower, Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm. About a year later, one of their horses gives birth to a baby centaur. The family has enough attention already as Arianne's six-year-old brother was born with birth defects caused by an experimental drug--the last thing they need is more scrutiny. But their clients soon start growing suspicious. Just how long is it possible to keep a secret? And what will happen if the world finds out? At a time when so many novels are set in other worlds, Jane Yolen imagines what it would be like if a creature from another world came to ours in this thoughtfully written, imaginative novel, Centaur Rising . A Christy Ottaviano Book

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805096647
• ISBN13: 9780805096644
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7