Wild Horse Summer - Softcover
For her thirteenth birthday, Alison spends the summer on a ranch in Wyoming where she learns to ride a horse and where Kelly, who is blind, helps her overcome an old fear. Reprint.
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Hope Ryden has written four nonfiction books on wild horses, and her articles and photographs on the subject have appeared in National Geographic and other publications. She is also the author of the novel Wild Horse Summer. Ms. Ryden lives in New York City and Wolf Lake, New York.
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Alison doesn't really want to spend the summer she turns 13 on a ranch in Wyoming with her cousin Kelly, who is blind. First of all, Alison believes she'll be expected to spend the whole summer leading Kelly around. Second, Alison is afraid of heights, and a horse looks pretty high to her. Kelly turns out to be remarkably independent, especially when she's riding her mustang, Cookie, and she ends up guiding Alison, who feels woefully timid and untrained around the hardworking ranch family. They draw her in, though, giving her responsibilities of her own, and patiently helping her through her fear of riding. Her test comes when a wild mustang stallion courts Cookie and causes her to escape. Mustering all her courage, Alison and a neighbor, Matt, go after Cookie on horseback. Ryden (Out of the Wild, 1995, etc.) raises this a cut above most horse stories by including a wealth of information about horses, a fresh, lively setting, and an interesting character in Kelly. Unfortunately, she incorporates too much of the factual information on horses into dialogue, resulting in some stiff, unlikely conversations. Nevertheless, believable feelings combined with plenty of action build to a dramatic climax. (b&w illustrations, not seen) (Fiction. 9-14) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- PublisherYearling
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0440415489
- ISBN 13 9780440415480
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- Number of pages160
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