Blackwater Creek

Saddles, Stars and Stripes #3

by Deborah Kent

Erika Nagys and her family have come to California from Hungary in search of gold. When they cannot pay the rent, Erika must go and work for their nasty landlord, the rancher Hart Latham. Erika forms a special bond with an injured filly named Arany, which she nurses back to health. When Arany escapes from the corral, Erika finds the horse -- and gold -- in Blackwater Creek. But will newfound riches solve her family's problems?

Genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Horses

151 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Deborah Kent was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Little Falls. She graduated from Oberlin College and received a master's degree from Smith College School for Social Work. For four years, she was a social worker at University Settlement House on New York's Lower East Side. In 1975, Ms. Kent moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she wrote her first young-adult novel, Belonging. In San Miguel, Ms. Kent helped to found the Centro de Crecimiento, a school for children with disabilities. Ms. Kent is the author of numerous young-adult novels and nonfiction titles for children. She lives in Chicago with her husband, children's author R. Conrad Stein, and their daughter, Janna.

Reviews

[Lucy Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a amazing book!
And a heartwarming story!!
I absolutely loved it!!!!

[Madeline Henricksen · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Blackwater Creek" is about a girl named Erika and her family who are behind two months rent to their nasty landlord, Hart Latham. One day, Erika is looking for one of Latham's injured horses,(the horse is named Arany, which means gold in Hungarian) when she strikes it rich! Arany is in the water, but when Erika makes a desperate lunge, she misses Arany's halter and falls into the gentle waters of the creek. At first she sees nothing, but then she sees gold pebbles. GOLD PEBBLES!? They finally were rich and were able to pay of their debts and stake a new claim. My favorite character in this book is Arany because I am crazy about horses.

[Alexis · Rating 5 out of 5]

veeeery good and cool.

[Anastasia Bolinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read for horse lovers, loved the story and characters set back in time.