Esperanza (Spirit of the West, #3)
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Published: April 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780525468592
Subjects: Westerns; General; Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General; Children: Grades 3-4; Wild horses; Juvenile Fiction / General; Fiction; Juvenile Fiction; Mustang
First sentence: The second winter of my life was gray and cold and long.
Description: Adventure, drama, wild horses running free. The American West is brought to life through the eyes of the horses who were there in a new program of books inspired by Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, the new film coming May 2002 from DreamWorks.

Strider is a wild mustang born to freedom in the Cimarron Valley. When a drought hits the valley, Strider sets out to find the horses a new place to live. But on the way, danger strikes, and Strider must make the ultimate sacrifice for the herd.