· Edgar Award-winning author Nancy Springer has created a moving story of a young boy's struggle to be an ordinary kid. Colt won the Joan Fassler Memorial Book Award from the Association for the Care of Children's Health. · Colt by Nancy Springer ISBN ISBN Hardback; New York: Dial, ; ISBN Colt by Nancy Springer. Click here for the lowest price! Library Binding, , X.
Once he gets in the saddle astride a horse named Liverwurst, Colt's whole world changes. With the horse's powerful, muscular body beneath him, Colt no longer feels small and limited. After all, if he can control this huge, strong animal, he can do anything. And with Liverwurst's help, Colt's back and legs start getting stronger. Nancy Springer has published forty novels for adults, young adults and children. In a career beginning shortly after she graduated from Gettysburg College in , Springer wrote for ten years in the imaginary realms of mythological fantasy, then ventured on contemporary fantasy, magical realism, and women's fiction before turning her attention to children's literature. Nancy Springer (born 5 July ) is an American author of fantasy, young adult literature, mystery, and science fiction. Her novel Larque on the Wing won the Tiptree Award in She also received the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her novels Toughing It in and Looking for Jamie Bridger in Additionally, she received the Carolyn W. Field Award from the.
Colt by Nancy Springer. Click here for the lowest price! Library Binding, , X. by Nancy Springer ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, Colt, who has spina bifida, is introduced to riding in a special program for handicapped children. Reluctant at first, he soon learns that being on a horse not only strengthens his muscles but empowers him with new independence and courage, a better route to self-identity than his former brattiness. Meanwhile, his mother Audrey marries Brad, a gentle, sympathetic man with a teenage son (``Rosie'') and a daughter Colt's age. by. Nancy Springer (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 79 ratings · 11 reviews. Colt Vittorio has never run a race, or even walked down the street on his own. Colt has spina bifida, and sees the world from a wheelchair. Then his mother signs him up for a special riding program.
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