Cougar: Part 1

By HELEN V. GRIFFITH

The horse came out of nowhere, out of blackness, to gallop beside the car. Nickel almost yelled, it was so sudden, so unexpected. Through the window he could see the big animal's shoulder muscles moving under its dark hide.

Then it put on speed, raced ahead of the car, cut across in front of it, disappeared in the night shadows on the other side of the lane.

"Wow," Nickel said. "We could have hit it."

"Hit what?" Starla asked from the front seat.

"The horse." What did she think?

Joe, driving, looked at him in the rearview mirror. "What horse?"

The horse had run right in front of their faces. They had to be kidding him. But Nickel wasn't in a kidding mood. They'd been driving too long, and he was too hungry. So if they were waiting for an argument, too bad, Nickel just wanted to get where they were going.They were almost there.

According to Joe, this overgrown, rutted lane led to his parents' farm the one Joe had run away from five years ago.

He'd never been back. Until now.

Publisher: HarperCollins
Price: 14.95
Age group: 8-12 years

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