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89 pp.
| Candlewick
| June, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-3010-2$14.99
(3)
1-3
Illustrated by
Abigail Marble.
After beloved and fiercely independent Great-aunt Tannie falls and breaks her ankle, eight-year-old Jenna and her mom persuade Tannie to leave Mississippi and live with them in Virginia. But it's not an easy transition: bossy (and fearful) Mom initially forbids Tannie to do anything by herself. It's a realistic multigenerational story, sweet but never saccharine, with love at its core.
307 pp.
| Candlewick
| April, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-7004-7$15.99
(3)
4-6
After washing out at the racetrack, thoroughbred Dante lands first in a prison racehorse rehabilitation center and then at Maury River Stables, where he finds his destiny meeting other Maury River legends and partnering with Ashley as a great eventing horse. Amateau really knows how to capture the magic of the horse-human bond, and Dante's smart, distinctive first-equine (a.k.a. first-person) voice is a winning hook.
180 pp.
| Candlewick
| August, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-3766-8$15.99
(4)
4-6
Draft horse Mac helps Poppa and his bereaved grandson Izzy form a family, but when Cedarmont Farm goes under, the big-hearted Belgian survives another auction to become the most beloved therapeutic and vaulting horse at Maury River Stables. The plot lacks urgency, but familiar characters from Chancey of the Maury River and a heartrendingly noble horse's-eye-view narration will delight equine-loving readers.
232 pp.
| Candlewick
| September, 2012
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-4792-6$16.99
(2)
YA
Slave Gabriel Prosser grew up with freedom in the air and news of Haiti's revolution. "Can I not do for Virginia what Toussaint has done for his people?" Gabriel asks his wife, and goes on to lead a doomed rebellion. In this beautifully written novel based on fact, Amateau considers the tricky business of liberty in a new nation dedicated to freedom.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2013
264 pp.
| Candlewick
| April, 2009
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-3009-6$16.99
(3)
YA
Thirteen-year-old Mary Harold has panic attacks because she's "afraid of dying." Hoping to control these episodes, she leaves her mother in Virginia, moving back to her grandmother's Alabama farm. Full of strange yet appealing characters--a girl who thinks she's a horse, a boy who is violently angry--this novel about identity and the meaning of home succeeds with Southern warmth and charm.
246 pp.
| Candlewick
| May, 2008
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-3439-1$15.99
(2)
4-6
This novel revives the sentimental horse story to magnificent effect. Erudite narrator Chancey, an albino Appaloosa, helps heal the spirit of ten-year-old Claire, whose parents are getting divorced. After Chancey and Claire's first show ends in a dangerous injury, Chancey becomes a therapeutic riding horse. The story is immediate and fascinating, and Amateau's own sound horsewomanship is on display.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2008
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