She is the lead mare of a herd of wild horses that run the range. When people come to capture them, she leads the herd in a run for safety. But trucks and helicopters drive the horses into pens. Imprisoned behind barbed wire, the fire in the mare's heart is reduced to embers. Her spirit is almost broken--until a cowboy comes and promises to set the horses free. Joy Cowley's deeply felt story, with breathtaking illustrations by Layne Johnson, is based on the true story of Dayton O. Hyde, founder of the Institute of Range and the American Mustang, a nonprofit organization that owns the eleven-thousand-acre Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is a special place, where the wild horse is allowed to be wild."

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Boyds Mills Press .

Joy Cowley has written hundreds of stories for children, some of which are published all over the world. LayneJohnson has illustrated a number of books for young readers, including "Ben, King of the River "by David Gilfaldi, and "On the Day His Daddy Left "by Eric J. Adams. He lives in Houston, Texas. "