Racing Manhattan

by Terence Blacker

Book Overview

In a cheering and relatable story of adversity overcome, an outcast teen coaxes a defiant Thoroughbred back into the thrill of competition. Alone in the world, Jay Barton is a teenage misfit with nothing much going for her besides an extraordinary talent for understanding racehorses and riding them like a pro. When, in a desperate attempt to escape her shifty, opportunistic uncle, she leaves home to work in a racing stable, Jay forms a bond with a beautiful gray mare named Manhattan -- brilliant, misunderstood, dangerous, and heading for racing's scrap heap. Recognizing a fellow misfit, Jay fights to give Manhattan one last opportunity to show that she's the champion she was born to be. Together they face a world of prejudice and cruelty, fighting back the only way they know how -- by becoming the best.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763692735
• ISBN13: 9780763692735
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher