Coal Black Horse (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781565126015)

When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she sends her only child to find his father on the battlefield and bring him home.

At fourteen, wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety--blue on one side, gray on the other-- Robey thinks he's off on a great adventure. But not far from home, his horse falters and he realizes the enormity of his task. It takes the gift of a powerful and noble coal black horse to show him how to undertake the most important journey of his life: with boldness, bravery, and self-posession.

Coal Black Horse joins the pantheon of great war novels--All Quiet on the Western Front, The Red Badge of Courage, The Naked and the Dead.

Author: Robert Olmstead
ISBN-10: 1565126017
ISBN-13: 9781565126015
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2008
Pages: 229
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.7
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 116383 / Coal Black Horse: A Novel