The Winter Horses (Audiobook)

from muddyboy

This book would be fine for junior high and early high school aged students. The book is about a young Jewish girl whose entire family has been killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust and is on the run in the Ukraine. At a break neck pace she tames two highly endangered Przewalski's horses and a...

from HeatherLINC

"The Winter Horses" was a blend of historical fiction, survival and folklore. I liked 14-year-old Kalinka and old Max, the animal reserve's caretaker as protagonists. Both had suffered cruelties at the hands of the Nazis, but they remained kind, compassionate and forgiving. While I found the dial...

from charlie68

A pretty good read lots of themes, horses, World War 2, paleontology, history. Whether young readers will like it is an open question. I thought it was pretty good.

from agingcow2345

It reads well. Its a fun fable. Minus one star for getting elementary geography and chronology wrong.

from Cherylk

I have had this book sitting on my shelf for a long time. I finally picked it up to read it. I am a horse lover. While I did enjoy the horse aspect of this book, I could not keep the story in my head as I was reading it. Kind of like an outsider trying to look in. However, an unforgettable book. ...