Leonie is a brave, strong village girl with a golden eagle for a friend. When she discovers only boys are allowed to compete in the great pony race, she refuses

Leonie is a courageous village girl with a golden eagle for a friend. When the boys in the village begin preparing for a grand 20 mile pony race, Leonie insists

Young, bright Taylor Greer leaves her poverty-stricken life in Kentucky and heads west, picking up an abandoned Native American baby girl whom she names Turtle

Autobiographical essays, framed by two interpretive essays by the editor, describe the power of an object to evoke emotion and provoke thought: reflections on a