Download or read book Hoofbeats: Katie and the Mustang #1 written by Kathleen Duey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-05-24 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orphaned at age six and taken in by a heartless couple, nine-year-old Katie Rose spends her days doing chores and dreaming of going west to find her Uncle Jack. Then Mr. Stevens brings home an unbroken Mustang, and Katie's world changes. Katie is drawn to the horse's wildness, and he seems to sense her need for companionship. So when Katie learns that the Stevenses plan to join the expansion West&150without her or the Mustang&150she makes a desperate decision to go on her own. And she will not leave the Mustang behind.