Jan Young - Author Writing Services Critiquing - Proofreading Copy Editing - Content Editing Starting the Colt The sequel to The Orange Slipknot Illustrated by Pat Lehmkuhl Readers 9 to adult Retail price $12.00, 173 pages, paperback ISBN: 9781937849115 Copyright 2014, Raven Publishing Order: Raven Publishing, Author, Amazon Kindle $6.00 Read Chapters 1-2 Reviews Starting the Colt, the sequel to The Orange Slipknot, continues 12-year-old Ben Lucas's quest to prove he's tough enough to please his hot-tempered dad. The Nevada ranch where his dad cowboys is a man's world. His dad wants him to "buck out" some colts, but the old crusty cowboss, teaches him another way to start colts, and it looks like magic! Ben fights fire, wrecks on his ATV, and gets kicked out of school for punching his buddy. When Ben and his dad break down in the middle of nowhere, Ben rides for help--on Fred's colt, Soapsuds, the colt Ben once owned and still thinks of as his. Ben's on his own and must make some tough choices. TEACHERS & HOMESCHOOLERS: Starting the Colt Curriculum Unit available for $10.00 at my TeachersPayTeachers store. Mini-unit available FREE! ***************** Want to know what a writer does? Read my BLOG--Latest Update 4/1/16

The Orange Slipknot Illustrated by Pat Lehmkuhl 178 pages, paperback Readers 9 to adult ISBN: 978-0-9772525-5-8 Retail price $12.00, Copyright 2007, Raven Publishing Order: Raven Publishing, Author, Amazon Smashwords price $6.00 Amazon Kindle $6.00 ISBN: 978-0-9820893-1-6 Book Trailer The grouchy old cowboss on the ranch where Ben's dad works says Ben must pay for the horse that died. His hot-tempered dad clashes with the cowboss, and 12-year-old Ben is caught right in the middle. AWARDS Selected as the NEVADA BOOK for 2009 Library of Congress "National Book Festival" Pavilion of the States Finalist: ForeWord Magazine's 2007 Book of the Year Award Finalist: 2008 Moonbeam Children's Book Award Read Chapters 1 and 2 Readers Say..., Reviewers Say..., Flyer Distributors: Baker & Taylor, The Distributors, Follett, Partners, Western International National Geographic, Dec. 2007: "21st-Century Cowboys" What is a Buckaroo? TEACHERS & HOMESCHOOLERS: The Orange Slipknot Curriculum Unit See on Amazon: look inside The accompanying comprehensive Curriculum Unit is based on these important reading strategies: making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, determining importance, and synthesizing. Flyer/Schools - "True Fiction" Sample Pages - Discount Price List - Homeschooler Review The Orange Slipknot is AR Ready Winnemucca Grammar School, Reading Week, 5-19-14 4th grade presentation WGS Reading Week book sale table Jan Young writes from Winnemucca, Nevada, in the heart of the Great Basin's cow country. Her husband's cowboying experiences on California and Nevada ranches provide true-life details for her stories. Jack and Jan help people with their horses through clinics, lessons, and training. More about Jan... Facebook page Author Visits - "Virtual" Author Visits Books I Like LINKS Read my online book Evolution: Fact or Philosophy? a non-religious critique of evolution geared toward the junior high/high school level Visit my other websites Jack Young Clinics ~ Jan's Bible Notes Email: janyoungauthor "at" hotmail "dot" com Copyright 2007 Website by Jan Young Created on Coffeecup Software Webhosting by Lunarpages