{"title":"Young Adult Fiction--Animals--Horses","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-truth-about-horses","title":"The Truth about Horses","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brave 14-year-old girl races against time to save her horse, her farm, and her relationship with her father while honoring her mother's memory.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A sumptuously written novel about love, loss, and horses. 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