Mrs Butler's Blog 5
September 2005 Number 5
When the library was closed for exams in June I did an awful lot of cataloguing and I skimmed through an awful lot of fiction. I do try to read the books before I put them on the shelves but I’m afraid they tend to blur into one another. Heartland by Lauren Brooke hooked me, even though I am not passionate about pony books, so I was quite chuffed when I saw a special offer in the Red House catalogue for the first four books in the series. They have been my reading this week.
Heartland, more than just a pony book, more a soap opera! Amy’s mother heals problem horses in her animal sanctuary, Heartland. Unfortunately she dies tragically in an unnecessary accident early on in the first book, Coming Home. Amy and her older sister Lou try to keep the horse sanctuary going on their own. It has all the ingredients of a really good adventure story (no parents), a good school story (villainous rivals), teenage romance (young stable boy), animal story (the ubiquitous horses), teenage problems (grief and sibling rivalry) a talented, but troubled, heroine and fabulous new age theories (horse whispering and loads of aromatherapy) to bring it right up to date. I hope that pony addicts will love it.
I’ve also been reading Spirit Walker, the sequel to Wolf Brother but I need to think about it.
When the library was closed for exams in June I did an awful lot of cataloguing and I skimmed through an awful lot of fiction. I do try to read the books before I put them on the shelves but I’m afraid they tend to blur into one another. Heartland by Lauren Brooke hooked me, even though I am not passionate about pony books, so I was quite chuffed when I saw a special offer in the Red House catalogue for the first four books in the series. They have been my reading this week.
Heartland, more than just a pony book, more a soap opera! Amy’s mother heals problem horses in her animal sanctuary, Heartland. Unfortunately she dies tragically in an unnecessary accident early on in the first book, Coming Home. Amy and her older sister Lou try to keep the horse sanctuary going on their own. It has all the ingredients of a really good adventure story (no parents), a good school story (villainous rivals), teenage romance (young stable boy), animal story (the ubiquitous horses), teenage problems (grief and sibling rivalry) a talented, but troubled, heroine and fabulous new age theories (horse whispering and loads of aromatherapy) to bring it right up to date. I hope that pony addicts will love it.
I’ve also been reading Spirit Walker, the sequel to Wolf Brother but I need to think about it.
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