A Horse Called Wonder (Thoroughbred)

A Horse Called Wonder (Thoroughbred)
by Joanna Campbell

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Author: Joanna Campbell
Edition: School & Library Binding
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1991-08
ISBN: 0785759999
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval

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Book Review: Nostalgia!
Summary: 4 Stars

I was looking around on here and what do I come across, but this book (and all the others, but that is beside the point). I remember when I was little (I was in maybe second or third grade) and first came across this book. This was back when there were only about seven to ten of the books in the series out...I don't remember for sure, and I would read anything that had to do with horses (and when I say anything I mean it...equine veterinary guides, encyclopedia articles, training books, whatever I could get my hands on). So I nagged my mom into buying the book, and proceeded to let it sit on my desk collecting dust. When I finally got around to reading it, I thought it was a pretty decent book so I started to collect the series.

By the time I got to, say the fifteenth book in the series, I had lost most of my interest. The reality was lacking entirely, and it is just sad when an elementary student is editing grammatical errors. Not to mention that, somewhere along the way, characters started getting lost in the shuffle (main characters, at that) and horses started becoming demi-gods and...well, the books got bad. We'll leave it at that. Being a person that has worked around horses, devoted a lot of time to riding and caring for and educating myself about them (not to mention growing up near the "Horse Capitol of the World" and the place where a lot of the story was supposed to take place), I just could no longer read these books. I felt like they were sucking my intelligence out of my head through my pupils. And a side note, sometimes I felt as though the author had not done her research when she wrote these books, because sometimes things clashed with the way they really are in Kentucky, especially Lexington.

However, this book--the first one--and the few that follow (probably through the Pride story-line) remain close to my heart as sweet stories I read as a child. They aren't on par with my favorite childhood books, but they were fun to read and I remember enjoying them at the time. So, I recommend the first couple books for children to read, but after that it just gets confusing. New characters pop in and out of the books as the narrators, and nobody seems to be able to keep the stories straight, least of all the author. About the time one of the main, founding characters, Samantha, got written out I gave these books up.

Anyway, some books that I adored as a child, and would recommend for other children to read, or parents to read to their kids as part of a family time are: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; A Wrinkle in Time; The Hobbit; Bridge to Terabithia; Island of the Blue Dolphin; Where the Red Fern Grows; The Giver; Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry; They Cage the Animals at Night; Black Beauty; The Little Prince; Little Women; The Twits; The Cricket in Times Square; Peter Pan; Sounder; Walk Two Moons; Misty of Chincoteague...and for the younger crowd: The Stinky Cheese Man, Swimmy, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Where the Wild Things Are, The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends...These are real quality reads for children...smart, interesting, thoughtful stories that help develop a love for books. And they're fun, too.

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Summary of A Horse Called Wonder (Thoroughbred)

Ashleigh wouldn't care about anything, ever again.

Ashleigh Griffen swore she'd never give her heart to another horse -- not after a terrible disease wiped out her family's breeding farm, along with Ashleigh's favorite mare, Stardust.

Now the Griffens are starting over as breeding managers at Townsend Acres, and Ashleigh's sure she is going to hate living there.

Then a small, sickly foal is born -- a beautiful copper filly that looks like Stardust. No one thinks the foal will live or that it's worth trying to save. No one but Ashleigh.

Can one girl's love alone work miracles?

Read Thoroughbred and experience the love and friendship between a determined girl and a very special filly.

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