Starting the Colt

Starting the Colt, the sequel to The Orange Slipknot, continues 12-year-old Ben Lucas s quest to prove he s tough enough to please his hot-tempered dad. The Nevada ranch where his dad cowboys is a man s world. His dad wants him to buck out some colts, but Fred, the old crusty cowboss, teaches him another way to start colts, and it looks like magic! Ben fights fire, wrecks on his ATV, and gets kicked out of school for fighting. When Ben and his dad break down in the boonies, Ben rides for help on Fred s colt, Soapsuds, the colt Ben once owned and still thinks of as his. Ben is on his own and has to make some tough choices.