Summary
The Black Stallion meets Tamora Pierce in this adventure-filled middle grade novel about a young stable girl who discovers a secret that endangers her beloved horse and threatens her future.
Sonnia loves horses more than anything. She works at her family’s struggling pony ride business but dreams of the beautiful steeds in the royal stables, especially Ricochet, who she’s been slowly saving money to buy—even though she knows people from her impoverished neighborhood are rarel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781534480773 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1534480773 |
| Author: | J. Anderson Coats |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 349g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 140mm x 210mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
“Sonnia is an engaging character with grit and determination… Engaging, true-to-life horse content will satisfy many.”
“Sonnia is an engaging character with grit and determination… Engaging, true-to-life horse content will satisfy many.” – Kirkus Reviews
“Sonnia adores working with the horses … but she’s horrified to discover that the other stablehands compete for large sums in a dangerous and illegal nighttime race” … Coats’s fast-paced tale [absorbs] with meticulously observed horsey details and a tender interspecies relationship.”
– Publishers Weekly
“Horse-lovers will sympathize with Sonnia’s ambition, her fierce protectiveness toward the horses, and her strong moral compass. Technical aspects of horse care are minutely and gratifyingly rendered. And not to spoil the ending, but when the drama comes to a rousing finish, fans of wish-fulfillment narratives will be smiling.” – Horn Book Magazine
J. Anderson Coats
J. Anderson Coats has master’s degrees in history and library science and has published short stories in numerous literary magazines and anthologies. She is the author of the acclaimed novels The Wicked and the Just, The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming, R Is for Rebel, The Green Children of Woolpit, and The Night Ride, as well as A Season Most Unfair and The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls. She lives with her family in Washington State.
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