The Winter Horses

Product Description<br/><br/><br/>MP3 CD Format It will soon be another cold winter in the Ukraine. But it's 1941, and things are different this year. Max, the devoted caretaker of an animal preserve, must learn to live with the Nazis who have overtaken this precious land. He must also learn to keep secrets—for there is a girl, Kalinka, who is hiding in the park. Kalinka has lost her home, her family, her belongings—everything but her life. Still, she has gained one small, precious gift: a relationship with the rare, wild, and wily Przewalski's horses that wander the preserve. Aside from Max, these endangered animals are her only friends—until a Nazi campaign of extermination nearly wipes them out for good. Now Kalinka must set out on a treacherous journey across the frozen forest to save the only two surviving horses—and herself.<br/><br/><br/>Review<br/><br/><br/>"Like the best stories told around a campfire, it is spellbinding, but it can also be terrifying. Ultimately, The Winter Horses ends on a note of hope and triumph--for both Kalinka and the horses. Kerr's novel will be enjoyed by readers who like a touch of fantasy in their historical fiction."-- "School Library Journal"<br/><br/><br/>"The story is...engaging and exciting and is sure to appeal to horse lovers and fans of survival fiction."-- "Booklist"<br/><br/>[F]or kids particularly interested in history and/or horses.-- "Kirkus"<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>Philip Kerr (19562018) was the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Bernie Gunther novels, three of whichField Gray, The Lady from Zagreb, and Prussian Bluewere finalists for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Kerr also won several Shamus Awards and the British Crime Writers Association Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction. In 2009, If the Dead Rise Not won the worlds most lucrative crime fiction award, the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing worth 125,000. The book also won the 2009 British Crime Writers Associations Ellis Peters Historic Crime Award. In 2018, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Writing as P. B. Kerr, he was the author of the much-loved young-adult fantasy series Children of the Lamp.