Dandi Daley Mackall

In 1932, during the Depression in Ohio, thirteen-year-old Rudy, determined to help his family weather the hard times, hops a train going west to California and experiences the hobo life.

Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. She can gentle the wildest mare, but other parts of life don't always come as easily. Along with her dad and sister, Lizzy, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom-who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches horses about unconditional love and blind trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted as well. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky personalities...

Eight-year-old Winnie is torn between being a good friend to her old horse, Chief, and unpopular friend, Simon, and wrangling an invitation to mean girl Tamson's birthday sleepover.

"Dakota doesn't want to warm up to her new foster family; in fact, she plans to run away as soon as she gets the opportunity. Just as her plans to escape unfold, she falls in love with a horse that others have just about given up on. She accepts the love of her new family as well as the love of God through a series of events"--Publisher's website.

Annie, who maintains a blog advice column under the name "Professor Love," considers herself an expert on the subject of relationships until she gets her dream homecoming date and realizes how much she has to learn about both love and friendship.

"Meet 16-year-old Hank. He's Catman's cousin and the all-American, popular, cool guy at Starlight Animal Rescue. But a tragic fire has Hank questioning everything including his ability to rescue anything, even himself. With a burned, wild horse and a lost cat at stake, Winnie, the Horse Gentler, now a senior in high school, and Catman Coolidge will have to join Hank, bringing Nickers and everything they've got to save Starlight Animal Rescue."--P....

"Meet 12-year-old Kat, short for Katharine. She thinks she has two weeks to do something worthy of being adopted by her wonderful foster family, but cancer, medicine and the older kids at Starlight Animal Rescue make it difficult for Kat to really help out around the farm. On top of that, she just started junior high and has to work on a project with the most popular, and demanding, girl in her class. When Kat accepts the role of "cat shrink" for...

In Homesick Horse, Winnie's Aunt Betty comes to stay, bringing her barn sour horse. Buck is too anxious to spend much time outside the barn, always running for home at the first chance. Winnie takes on the challenge of helping Buck acclimate to being outdoors. But Winnie herself is anxious about leaving home to go to Tamson's sleepover, while Aunt Betty misses her home in California. Winnie and Aunt Betty both learn that they are at home with Jesus,...

In Lucky for Winnie, Winnie finally gets the opportunity to gentle her own horse. While she hopes it will be the beautiful Arabian, she instead gets stuck with Lucky, a headstrong Mustang. Meanwhile, Winnie feels tempted to submit a traced drawing for the school art fair because she doubts her artistic skills. Winnie learns that the love and support of her family is better than being a good artist. Plus, when she pushes past her first impression and...

In an attempt to make her father proud and bring him out of his depression, Storm joins Big Lake high school's Quiz Bowl team, but although the captain and other team members seem determined to make her fail, she has friends, family, and perhaps even God on her side.