INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Smiley, Jane

The Georges and the Jewels

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Elaine Clayton. Though it's not allowed by her horse-trainer father, Abby grows attached to one particular gelding and an orphaned foal. The novel is about Abby learning to work with the horses, but also about dealing with her fundamentalist dad. Smiley unfolds the plot strands so naturally, with such an assured, brisk voice, that readers will take them all in avidly.

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