Title: Real City Kid
First published: 1971
Description: Great book for 8 to 10 year olds.
Encourages children who are interested in horses/farms to read their first chapter book.
Story line includes a friend humorously coming off a horse & into a dam, a fire, rescue, a horse race and dealing with a cheating bully.
It is written in easy vocabulary with building words. 
I throughly recommend this book.
Time periods: 1970 - 1980