Books with author Kathleen Marden

Kara Springs is living her dream of working with horses on a beautiful ranch, alongside her mentor George Davidson. But when he unexpectedly leaves the ranch, a new trainer takes his place that Kara immediately distrusts. When she confirms that he is mistreating his horses, her decision to save one mare's life causes a chain of events that change Kara's life forever.

Kara Springs is anxious for her life to return to normal. But when she's kidnapped at a horse show by a group of masked strangers, her life takes an unexpected turn. Things go from bad to worse when she finds out who the strangers are and why they took her. While Sean desperately searches for her, Kara must find a way to survive in her new surroundings. Continuing the story from The Shadows Breathe, Kara is again stealing horses--but for a much different reason.

Ryan is awaiting punishment. Ian is behind bars. Kara should be able to relax. But the uneasy feelings inside her won't go away...Something is going on in Clear Brook, Kara's old home town. The unclaimed land is in danger of being handed over to the state, meaning the horses that reside there will be removed. When Kara's grandmother makes it clear she doesn't want Kara to get involved, Kara knows whatever it is she's feeling must have to do with that. It's time for Kara to question her past, face her fears...and finish what her mother started.

Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature finalist, 2013 The Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada's Information Book Award finalist, 2012 2013 Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature nominee Sierra Leone is the poorest country in Africa. Yet it is populated by people who are hopeful, and aspire to better themselves through education, proper health care, and through putting behind them the horrors of civil war. Kathleen Martin spent several weeks in the tiny village of Kamakwie in the interior of the West African country. Here she spoke to the people -- and the children -- about their lives, their aspirations, their memories of war. The experience was a revelation, which she has so wonderfully chronicled in this moving and inspiring portrait of a people willing to forgive so they can look to the future with regained hope and dignity.