![]() ![]() The probability of death makes the stakes high, the purse large. And yet, this intense competition attracts many tourists much like Nascar does. This is not an event for the faint of heart. These wild horses would just as soon eat a rider as take them for a ride, but they can sometimes be semi-controlled using combinations of special horse sense, testosterone, and a sort of water horse kryptonite. Analysisįantastic flesh-eating water horses (“ cappail uisce”) are captured and trained each fall for an annual race on the small island of Thisby with its 4000 inhabitants. And there can only be one winner, right? Part fantasy, part sporting adventure, part romance, all suspenseful – this unique story will keep the pages turning until the finish line. Both enter the Scorpio Races as a Hail Mary – gambling with their futures and their lives since the water horses are mortally dangerous to be around, much less ride. Sean is also alone and facing devastating loss. Puck and her brothers, orphaned by water horses, are being torn apart by poverty and separation. Two teens, Kate (“Puck”) and Sean, share their parallel stories alternating between two first person voices. ![]() ISBN 9780545224901 Plot SummaryĪ love of horses is ideal, but not required, to enjoy this uncommon fantasy about a tourist island’s unusual annual water horse races, the Scorpio Races. The Scorpio Races. New York, NY: Scholastic Press. ![]()
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