The Georges and the Jewels
of Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author)
Series: Horses of Oak Valley Ranch #1
Description
A Pulitzer Prize winner makes her debut for young readers.Jane Smiley makes her debut for young readers in this stirring novel set on a California horse ranch in the 1960s. Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt has always been more at ease with horses than with people. Her father insists they call all the mares ĂąâŹĆJewelù⏠and all the geldings ĂąâŹĆGeorgeù⏠and warns Abby not to get attached: the horses are there to be sold. But with all the stress at school (the Big Four have turned against Abby and her friends) and home (her brother Danny is goneĂąâŹâfor good, it seemsĂąâŹâand now Daddy wonĂąâŹâąt speak his name), Abby seeks refuge with the Georges and the Jewels. But thereĂąâŹâąs one gelding on her familyĂąâŹâąs farm that gives her no end of trouble: the horse who wonĂąâŹâąt meet her gaze, the horse who bucks her right off every chance he gets, the horse her father makes her ride and train, every day. She calls him the Ornery George.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240 pages
- Publisher Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Publication Date September 8th 2009
- First Publication 2009
- Language English
- ISBN 9780375862274
- Edition Not informed
- Category Special Interests
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