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Melinda #2
A Filly for Melinda
In this sequel to 'A Morgan for Melinda,' twelve-year-old Melinda faces the difficult choice between keeping her beloved filly, Little Missy, or helping her parents through a family crisis.
- GenresHorses
170 pages, Hardcover
First published April 16, 1984
About the author
Doris Gates
46 books18 followersDoris Gates, 1901-1987
A lifelong resident of California, Doris Gates was for many years, she was a librarian for the Fresno County Free Library. However, she is remembered for her many beloved children's books. Of these, the best known and most influential was Blue Willow (1940), selected as a Newbery Honor Book in 1941. Many consider Blue Willow to have been the first realistic, problem novel for children, and it was recognized both for its lasting literary merit and for its expansion of the range of subjects which could be explored in books for children. She died in 1987.
A lifelong resident of California, Doris Gates was for many years, she was a librarian for the Fresno County Free Library. However, she is remembered for her many beloved children's books. Of these, the best known and most influential was Blue Willow (1940), selected as a Newbery Honor Book in 1941. Many consider Blue Willow to have been the first realistic, problem novel for children, and it was recognized both for its lasting literary merit and for its expansion of the range of subjects which could be explored in books for children. She died in 1987.
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February 3, 2013
Short version: if you liked where A Morgan For Melinda ended, stay there and make up your own sequel about what happens after the foal is born.
I kind of wish I hadn't discovered this book existed. I still love the writing style and the horses involved, but it started to become more about family stuff than horse stuff, and it was stupid stuff. This probably has to do with the time period (set in 1978), but the idea that this little 12-year-old decides she must sell one of her horses to pay for a family room -- which, for the record, did not sound necessary to me -- solely because it would "humiliate" her father/hurt his pride to accept the money as a gift from his mother-in-law instead? Enraged me to no end.
I kind of wish I hadn't discovered this book existed. I still love the writing style and the horses involved, but it started to become more about family stuff than horse stuff, and it was stupid stuff. This probably has to do with the time period (set in 1978), but the idea that this little 12-year-old decides she must sell one of her horses to pay for a family room -- which, for the record, did not sound necessary to me -- solely because it would "humiliate" her father/hurt his pride to accept the money as a gift from his mother-in-law instead? Enraged me to no end.
April 23, 2016
A direct continuation of the last book, although now Melinda is shown as a little more grown-up, attempting to make responsible choices and control her behavior a little more. She still slips though, showing her youth and inexperience with the world, keeping it realistic. The ending did feel forced/rushed to me - in particular the offer the Morgan breeders make Melinda, which leaves a few ends untied, but it's still a nostalgic read.
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April 13, 2012also a nice horse story.
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