Champion Horse
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Champion Horse
This fourth story featuring Abby Lovitt sees Abby starting high school, and rising to the challenge of riding an expensive, prize-winning horse. From Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley.
Champion Horse, the latest in Jane Smiley's popular horse novels, sees Abby Lovitt starting high school, and rising to the challenge of riding an expensive, prize-winning horse.
Abby Lovitt doesn't realise how unprepared she is when she takes her beloved horse, True Blue, to a clinic led by the most famous equestrian anyone knows. The biggest surprise, though, is that Sophia, the girl who never makes a mistake, suddenly makes so many that she stops riding. Who will ride her horse? Abby's dad seems to think it will be Abby.
Pie in the Sky is the most expensive horse Abby has ever ridden. But he is proud and irritable, and he takes Abby's attention away from the continuing mystery that is True Blue.
And then there's high school. Abby finds new friends, but also new challenges, and a larger world that sometimes seems strange and intimidating. She begins to wonder if there is another way to look at horses, people, and life itself.
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Champion Horse by Jane Smiley is celebrated for its captivating depiction of the bond between young protagonists and their equine companions. Lorna Bradbury mentions it in her list of the best children's pony stories, highlighting its engaging narrative and appeal to young readers who love horses.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571299508
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 June 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 245g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Jane Smiley is the author of eleven novels, as well as four works of nonfiction. She is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001. In 2006 she was awarded the PEN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California. This is her third novel for children.
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