The Rain Child: The Horse Catcher's Trilogy, Book Three (Horse Catchers Trilogy, 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

~ Amanda Cockrell (Author)

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Though the white-skinned invaders wreaked havoc on the Cities-in-the-West, the tribes of the Grass have escaped invasion and slaughter. But tragedy of another kind strikes. Grandmother Weevil's granddaughter, Flute Dog, a young woman of the Buffalo Horn people, loses her young husband when he is thrown from his horse and trampled on a buffalo hunt. Searching for the horse, Flute Dog, finds a pregnant woman wandering in the wilderness. When the woman dies giving birth, Flute Dog decides to raise the baby girl as her own.

But Rain Child does not fit in with the tribe, even though she learns to ride and train her mother's horses. Rebellious and angry, Rain Child, too, will go off into the wilderness in search of a stray horse and make a discovery that will change her life: an iron pot that brings her the tribe's awe and their fear. The pot is a gift from Coyote, one of four enchanted treasures he will use to lure Rain Child, Flute Dogand their horses into the lands of the northern people.

It is here, among these strangers that Coyote will attempt his grandest plan -- a scheme marked by magic, love, and betrayal that could change the destiny of his Horse people forever...

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Avon (February 6, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380795515
• ISBN-13: 978-0380795512
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,130,600 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Rain Child, December 16, 2001

By	"tuttatx" (Pearland, TX) - See all my reviews

After reading this one, I'm now waiting for Amanda's next book. I have all three of the Horse Catchers Trilogy and enjoyed each one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rain Child is everyone's childhood, December 26, 2002

By	KatSchool "KitKat" (Stafford Springs, CT United States) - See all my reviews

I discovered Amanda Cockrell several years ago with the first Deer Hunters trilogy and I couldn't wait to read more of her books--waited impatiently for the next book to come out. She does not disappoint in this trilogy. Her characters are fleshed out and her plots keep me turning the pages. I only hope my success is near hers with my first book, "Forever Retro Blues," and I hope there are many more of her books to read in the future.
Rain Child's adventures and misadventures remind us of of our own childhood and coming-of-age. I think everyone has the experience of not fitting in and then somehow, we end up making it anyway.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A unique style of writing., February 3, 2002

By A Customer

Although I usually get caught up in the relationships between the characters, the descriptions of the surroundings, and the story, (I really like the historical value), I find with Amanda Cokrell's writing a very unique style. I feel like I have just spent the day with an old grandmother telling me some of the old stories. Just the way they were told back then. I'm not always sure whether I am reading a story or poetry.

I really enjoy the different perspective of the Coyote who creates his own story inside the story. How very imaginative!
It definitely warrants a read just to experience this unique journey. In all the books I've read nothing has come close to her style of writing.