This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2016 by Megan Shepherd

Cover art and interior illustrations copyright © 2016 by Dan Burgess

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Shepherd, Megan, author. | Burgess, Dan, illustrator.

Title: The secret horses of Briar Hill / Megan Shepherd ; illustrated by Dan Burgess.

Description: First edition. | New York : Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2016. | Summary: “A girl living in a children’s hospital during WWII discovers that a winged horse has entered her world and needs her help” —Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015044878 (print) | LCCN 2016021671 (ebook) | ISBN 978-1-101-93975-8 (hardback) | ISBN 978-1-101-93977-2 (glb) | ISBN 978-1-101-93976-5 (ebk)

Subjects: | CYAC: Hospitals—Fiction. | Sick—Fiction. | Horses—Fiction. | Death—Fiction. | World War, 1939–1945—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Horses. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying. | JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Holocaust.

Classification: LCC PZ7.S54374 Se 2016 (print) | LCC PZ7.S54374 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Ebook ISBN 9781101939765

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