Horse Diaries #16: Penny

Authors: Sanderson, Whitney
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
BISAC/Subject: JUV002130, JUV016110, JUV032090
ISBN: 9780525644804, Related ISBNs: 0525644784, 0525644792, 0525644806, 9780525644781, 9780525644798
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 160,
Audience: Children/juvenile
Synopsis: For all lovers of horses and history! In the latest book in the Horse Diaries series, meet Penny, a blue-eyed palomino paint mare who grows up in the Wild West of California during the Gold Rush!

CALIFORNIA, 1850. Penny is a blue-eyed palomino paint mare with a taste for adventure! She and a boy named Jesse search for gold in the hills of Northern California. After striking it rich and then losing everything, Jesse and Penny join the Pony Express. The job is a tough one, but Penny loves a challenge! Here is Penny's story . . . in her own words.

Love horses and history? Don't miss the stories of Elska, Bell's Star, Calvino, Lily, and more in the Horse Diaries series!
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