| "His boot felt empty without the knife in it..." (from the first line) A misguided youth is sent to stay with his uncle in a town where his cool city ways don't earn him the respect they did at home. He turns his back on the kids his age, but his unusual friendship with a young horse trainer teaches him about life, love and loss. "Devoted fans will leap on Hinton's new novel".-- School Library Journal.
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After a violent fight with his stepfather, 16-year-old Travis Harris is sent to live with his Uncle Ken--the brother of Travis's father, who died in Vietnam before Travis was born. Travis has a reputation for trouble, but he also considers himself a serious writer and even sends a manuscript to a publishing company. Settling into his new surroundings, Travis begins working at his uncle's horse stable, where he sets out to tame a wild horse in hopes of impressing Casey, a beautiful horse trainer. Will Travis's troublesome past come back to haunt him?
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