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Janey is convinced she can secretly train the colt to lead, and show her elders that it&#8217;s worth keeping. But her enthusiasm far outweighs her experience. She can&#8217;t handle the cold very well at all, and when she tries, gets injured (lucky to just have a bruised face and swollen lip). Then the ranch hires a new hand- a Cheyenne man who brings his family to live in the bunkhouse- which causes more friction between the men, as her grandfather is prejudiced against Native Americans. Janey knows the Cheyenne boy from school and enlists his help with the colt, but <em>he<\/em> immediately realizes that it&#8217;s dangerously untamed. Tells her to give up. I liked that this story didn&#8217;t sugar-coat things. Nothing was easy for Janey. At home she&#8217;s trying to stand up to what she thinks is unfair treatment from her grandfather, feeling jealous that her younger brother gets to do things that used to be <em>her<\/em> special jobs, and then outside her work with the colt is going badly, and proving to be a great risk. But then circumstances throw the colt into an unsafe situation, and if Janey saves him, the experience might just have garnered his trust in humans. Also, there&#8217;s an owl the kids frequently see and admire in the woods (Janey prevents her visiting uncle from shooting it)- hence the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This book starts with a pages-long argument, and that almost put me off reading it. Between the main character&#8217;s father, who owns the ranch they live on, and her grandfather- who has far more experience ranching and is very opinionated about how things should be done. 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