Pie in the Sky

I think this might be my favorite book of the series. The characters feel real to me. Abby, the teenage protagonist who is starting her first year of high school, is sort of quiet and easygoing, and I feel that she's written like an actual 14-year-old. She has moments of fear and uncertainty, and sh......more

Without even meaning to, I have fallen into a book series. What a pleasure! Pie In The Sky is the fourth book in the Horses of Oak Valley Ranch series. In this edition, Abby is about to enter high school 9th grade. She is giving riding lessons on Saturdays and training with her horse True Blue. Some......more

I recently read Pie in the Sky by Jane Smiley. I thought it was a very good book. In Pie in the Sky Abby has a has a horse named Blue. He is not very good at jumping so she takes him to a clinic. The man who does the clinic does not like Blue very well. A girl in Abby's class quits riding for an unk......more

I didn't realize before I downloaded the audio book that it was a YA novel. I had read something else by Jane Smiley, and was interested in reading more of her work, so selected this one. About an hour into the book I kept wondering when the plot and characters were going to be developed and more co......more