Randy and Her Friends

A five-dollar gold piece ought to be a delightful prize—unless you’re Randy Weston, who has spent the summer unable to decide what to do with it. Then her old mare gives a sneeze so pointed that Randy laughs—and suddenly has an idea.

In a sunlit farm valley, with August giving way to another school year, sixteen-year-old Randy longs for more learning than the district school can offer. She means to work hard enough to do two years’ lessons in one, though her friend Belinda would rather save time for fun—and expects a busy winter at home. Randy also hears of Molly, who longs to return to school but may have to help her struggling family instead. With ambitions and friends’ troubles on her mind, Randy climbs onto Snowfoot bareback, at last knowing what to do with her prize. What will she choose, and where will her determination take her?

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