Horse for X y Z

by Louise Moeri

Book Overview

When a twelve-year-old girl seizes a chance to ride a spirited horse, her ride becomes more than she anticipated. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525322205
• ISBN13: 9780525322207
• Release Date: June 1977
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

A book for anyone who wants to be a hero.

The book "A Horse For X.Y.Z." may not have been a best-seller, but it is an amazing book nonetheless. It is about a girl named Solvieg Nilsson, who longs to not be an ordinary girl in the middle of the alphabet. She wishes she could be named Xeina Yseult Zilch and be someone special. When she sneaks off the camp bus for a ride on the prized horse Snake Dancer, she finds out that the bus is not going to return for her, that Snake Dancer is a stolen horse and must be returned to his real owner, and that even though she's not Xenia Y. Zilch, she's the only one who can do it. This book is filled with humor; Solvieg's own biting sacasm aimed at herself will keep you laughing. This is a book for anyone who likes horses, humor, and ever wanted to be a hero.