True Blue, Jane Smiley
True Blue, Jane Smiley
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True Blue

Author: Jane Smiley

Narrator: Angela Goethals

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/19/2014


Synopsis

True Blue is a beauty, a dappled gray, and when Abby gets to take him to her family's ranch, she can hardly believe her luck. The horse needs a home: his owner--a woman brand new to the riding stable--was tragically killed in a car crash and no one has claimed him. Daddy is wary, as always. But Abby is smitten. True Blue is a sweetheart, and whenever Abby calls out, "Blue, Blue, how are you?" he whinnies back. But sometimes True Blue seems . . . spooked. He paces, and always seems to be looking for something. Or someone. Filled with riding scenes and horse details, this newest middle-grade novel from a Pulitzer Prize winner offers a mysterious and suspenseful almost-ghost story.

About Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley is the author of many novels, works of nonfiction, and books for young adults, including A Thousand Acres and the Last Hundred Years trilogy, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lori

True Blue is another coming of age story set in a Jane Smiley horse book for middle schoolers, except it's more than just that. It is a fantastic example of how people only see what they think they see and not what is really there. It is a great illustration of how people color their expectations of......more

Goodreads review by Shannon

I thought the book was not as good as the first and second books that she written. this had less about the horses that she was working with or about blue. I thought she could of went in more detail of the horse Blue. I thought overall the book was ok.......more

Goodreads review by Eva

This book was kind of boring.... and whats interesting is, Im saying that as a horse lover... meaning I ride and own a horse. And I have to say reading this book was a few wasted hours of my time that I could have spent at the barn. The he plot was hard to follow in my opinion. I got lost a lot. Als......more

It was really good.......more

Goodreads review by Alexis

This was a great book and I would read it again but this book was also a bit of a disappointment. I picked this book up mainly because of the blurb and I though it would be all about the horse and it's mysterious past and the ghost. However I found it to be more about Abby's ( Blue's new owner ) lif......more