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Centaur Rising

Jane Yolen

2014258 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2014
first published
  • 2014Holt & Company, Henry · ENGISBN 9780805096651
  • 2014Henry Holt & Company · 258 pages · ENGISBN 9780805096644
  • 2015Square Fish · ENGISBN 9781484469651
  • 2015Square Fish · 272 pagesISBN 9781250068132

In 1965, a year after Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm, a baby centaur is born and the family, already under scrutiny because Arianne's six-year-old brother has birth defects, struggles to keep the colt a secret. A year after Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields near her family's horse farm, a baby centaur is born and the family, already under scrutiny because her six-year-old brother has birth defects, struggles to keep the pony a secret.

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