Spirit of the West

By Jahnna N. Malcolm

Subjects: Indians of north america, fiction, Ranch life, Horses, fiction, Horses, Indians of North America, Nez Percé Indians, Appaloosa horse, Fiction, Children's fiction, West (u.s.), fiction

Description: In 1911, when her family leaves the reservation to live and work on a large Oregon ranch, ten-year-old Jessie decides to forget her Nez Percé upbringing only to realize its value when she relies on traditional skills to find a lost Appaloosa foal and protect it from being attacked by a cougar.