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Rocky Mountain (Colorado/Wyoming)

Texas: Austin

After a hard life on the streets, rescue dog MahDi is content to help his owner, a veterinarian he knows as “MomDoc,” with her important work at the local animal shelter. The two of them make a good team, protecting the dogs in the neighborhood, and finding perfect homes for all of the animals who need them. Though lately, more animals have come through the shelter than usual—and MomDoc is getting worried that things are getting too crowded.When they are suddenly down a staff member, the shelter has to deal with Huck, an unpleasant man who clearly doesn’t like animals.  Which is fine; MahDi doesn’t like him either. Except that Huck seems to have no problem threatening the creatures he’s supposed to care for. And if MomDoc isn’t around, who knows what Huck might do?With three perfectly good legs, the heart of a true leader, and his fellow pets Ozzie and Domino by his side, MahDi is determined to do whatever it takes to keep his pack safe.

Midnight at the Shelter

Lizzie St. Clair wants to be invisible.After her father is arrested for a white collar crime, Lizzie and her mom are forced out of their home and move into a transitional housing shelter, Good Hope, until they are back on their feet. Lizzie is determined to hide the shameful secret about her father and get through the year at a new school unnoticed. But one day, Lizzie discovers a nearby horse farm where her classmates take riding lessons. She is content to hide in the woods and spy from a distance until a frightened new pony, Fire, arrives. The connection between Lizzie and Fire is instant, and her love for him drives her to act boldly so she can be near him.But her real plan is to earn enough money to buy Fire, regardless of her circumstances. On a mission to make this impossible dream come true, Lizzie will have to open up and trust the people around her—even if it means risking exposure of what had been the most painful experience in her life. 

Lizzie Flying Solo

Annie has been promised a summer of freedom in the country. Freedom from a difficult school year, freedom from her fake “friends” back in the city, and most of all, freedom from her mom's life-governing spreadsheets and rigid schedules.When Annie meets California, who is visiting her grandfather’s farm, it seems she has found the perfect partner for the adventure she’s always craved. California climbs trees faster than a monkey, carries around an exotic pet chicken, rescues an injured stray dog, runs barefoot through the woods, and eats berries straight from the vine. Plus, California offers Annie the chance to be part of a real-life adventure: finding the ponies her mom rode as a girl, in the hopes they will reunite her broken family.But Annie’s summer of freedom is sprinkled with secrets, and everything she has learned about bravery, forgiveness, loss, and love, will be put to the test when the truth behind the ultimate secret changes her life forever

Swing Sideways

Magnolia Grace never wanted to leave Georgia. She never wanted to move with her mama to the farm her daddy owned before he died. But now here she is, in a tiny Vermont town where everybody sings the praises of the amazing Johnny Austin, the father Maggie never knew. Then Maggie meets the Parker family — two moms, six kids, plus a pony named Sassy Pants. The Parkers are loud and wild, and they don't follow any of the rules Maggie grew up with in Georgia. They get to swim in the river in the summer and go on sleigh rides in the winter, and to them, no question is off-limits. Suddenly Maggie has questions, too — questions about what her father was really like, and why Mama kept him away for so long. In her search for answers, Maggie will learn that home is much more than where the heart is, and that families are like patchwork quilts, sewn together by love, and all the more beautiful for their different colors. 

Georgia Rules

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