Beware and Stogie

An untamed horse has run away—can Lily and Beware find him and bring him home?

After a storm scatters all the livestock on her grandparents’ farm, Lily discovers that Gramp’s wild black Morgan is missing. Stogie’s a horse with a mind of his own, and when he runs, no one can ever catch him.
 
Stogie may be boss of the other animals on the farm, but he’s afraid of people. And a frightened horse is a dangerous one. Lily’s determined to find the black Morgan and bring him home before he ends up getting hurt—or shot. Since no one can catch Stogie, no one can lead him. But Lily brings a rope anyway. As she and Beware set off on their search, she tries to put herself in Stogie’s shoes to figure out where he would go. Then she gets an idea . . .
 
Can she and Beware find and catch Stogie before it’s too late?

“The tightly constructed plot develops steadily and quickly, pulling readers along.” —School Library Journal
 
“Haas includes many details on the behavior and caretaking of horses, which will appeal to young fans of the genre. The characters of Lily and other family members are distinctively drawn, and Lily herself is someone to admire—she is down-to-earth, sensitive, responsible, and courageous. This latest installment is sure to satisfy earlier series fans as well as draw in new ones.” —Booklist
 
“Fans of Lily and her beloved horse Beware will relish this latest adventure story about these memorable characters. The plot is riveting and Haas’s vivid description of the events will have readers glued to the book. She does a terrific job developing the characters of Lily and horses that readers young and old will empathize with.” —Children’s Literature

Jessie Haas is the author of numerous acclaimed books for young people, including Unbroken, which was a Publishers Weekly Best Book. She lives in Westminster, Vermont, with her husband, Michael J. Daley, a children’s author. Haas began writing about horses from a young age and wrote a story during her junior year of college that became her first novel, Keeping Barney.