Gabriel's Horses
by Alison Hart • Book 1 of the Racing to Freedom Trilogy
The year is 1864, and a young Kentucky slave dares to pursue his dream of becoming... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2007
Word Count 37,328
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 113743, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Horse racing
- Slavery--Juvenile fiction
- Slavery--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Horses--Juvenile fiction
- Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction
- Horses--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Horse racing--Juvenile fiction
- African Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- History
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Slavery
- Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction
- Kentucky
- United States
- Horses
- Horse racing--Fiction
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction
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