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The Truth about Horses, Friends, & My Life as a Coward
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Sarah Gibson
So you think you love horses? That s what Sophie Groves thought too. But she found out that horses are a heap of trouble. Her trials began at five years old when her mom brought home Really (a.k.a. Really Mean), the nastiest pony in Maine. Two horses later, Sophie is still learning to deal with these crafty creatures, while trying to find friends who will like her for who ...more
Hardcover, 146 pages
Published
October 1st 2008
by Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
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Mixing the droll, deadpan understatements of the traditional Maine storyteller and the tongue-in-cheek humor of a Sciezska or a Pinkwater, Sarah P. Gibson offers 16 delightful vignettes of native, Maine Islander Sophie Groves’ struggle deciphering what’s easier: living with three crafty, ornery, downright nasty horses or discovering true friendship among her classmates. Her seemingly doomed attempts to win the respect of her family’s three horses, while at the same time navigating the social wor...more
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So...I really did like this book. I got it from the library for a bit of light reading, since I've been reading a lot of heavy books lately. I think I would have liked them better if the story had an actual plot instead of mini-episodes. However, I did enjoy the witty banter. I found myself laughing in certain spots during the novel, which never happens in books. I also found myself relating with Sophie.
I don't know if I would necessarily recommend this book to anyone, but I wou...more
I don't know if I would necessarily recommend this book to anyone, but I wou...more
Fun story, satisfying ending. I thought that the illustrations, although great, didn't quite match the book's style... Recommended as a quick read.
Got this for my horse-crazy daughter, but I ended up reading it and rather enjoying it. Sweet little memories of growung up.
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A quick, easy read about a girl's (mostly bad) experiences with horses.
Fantastic pre-teen horse book set on a Maine island.
Maine Student Book Award 2009-2010
So far this book is really boring! I mean just by the title u could tell what it's about. Boring!
I was reluctant to read this at first, but was quickly hooked. I really enjoyed the way that Sophie talked about her horses. It reminded me of "Knucklehead", which I also really liked, in the tone.
This is a 2011 Battle of the Books selection.
This is a 2011 Battle of the Books selection.
So, funny. Glad there is a book that shows the variety and personalities of horses. Emily has been bugging for a horse, I think she is rethinking it! Reminds me a little of McManus, lots of great short stories looped together.
I read this book because it is a Washington Sasquatch Nominee 2011. It is an awesome book and any 3-9th grader should read this. I recommend to adults too.
This was a book that I was not found of at the beginning of the story, but it got substantially better as the book went on. It took me about 40 pages before I had a good feel for what was going on with the book. Though I understand the urge to have a little fuzziness in the beginning, in this case it didn't do anything for me. Once the real story started though (and the auther stopped trying to be mysterious), it was a good book. Nothing ground-breaking and not particularly deep, but still a...more
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