Mister Boots Author:Carol Emshwiller Bobby Lassiter has some important secretsbut its not as if anyones paying attention. Its the middle of the Depression, and while Bobbys mother and older sister knit all day to make money, Bobby explores the California desert around their home. Thats how Bobby finds Boots. Hes under their one halfdead ... more »tree, half-dead himself. Right away he too is a secreta secret to be fed and clothed and taken care of, and even more of a secret because of what he can do. Sometimes Boots is a man. Sometimes hes (really, truly) a horse. He and Bobby both know something about magicand readers will, too, after reading the acclaimed Carol Emshwillers first novel for Viking.« less