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| Original Title: | The Georges and the Jewels |
| ISBN: | 0375862277 (ISBN13: 9780375862274) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Horses of Oak Valley Ranch #1 |
Jane Smiley
Hardcover | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 3.99 | 1166 Users | 134 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Georges and the Jewels (Horses of Oak Valley Ranch #1) |
| Author | : | Jane Smiley |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | September 8th 2009 by Knopf Books for Young Readers (first published 2009) |
| Categories | : | Animals. Horses. Fiction. Young Adult |
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A Pulitzer Prize winner makes her debut for young readers.Jane Smiley makes her debut for young readers in this stirring novel set on a California horse ranch in the 1960s. Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt has always been more at ease with horses than with people. Her father insists they call all the mares “Jewel†and all the geldings “George†and warns Abby not to get attached: the horses are there to be sold. But with all the stress at school (the Big Four have turned against Abby and her friends) and home (her brother Danny is gone—for good, it seems—and now Daddy won’t speak his name), Abby seeks refuge with the Georges and the Jewels. But there’s one gelding on her family’s farm that gives her no end of trouble: the horse who won’t meet her gaze, the horse who bucks her right off every chance he gets, the horse her father makes her ride and train, every day. She calls him the Ornery George.
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Ratings: 3.99 From 1166 Users | 134 ReviewsCriticize About Books The Georges and the Jewels (Horses of Oak Valley Ranch #1)
The Georges and the Jewels is a slow paced uneventful story of a pre-teen, Abbey, growing up on a ranch with loving parents who are much more old fashioned than the upwardly mobile suburban parents of her classmates. The story lightly (and unsatisfyingly) deals with mean girl cliques, horse training cruelty and religious intolerance. Considering the author is Jane Smiley, I expected more deeply developed characters and conflict. That said, girls who are nuts about horses will enjoy this storyI will definitely read this series and probably the rest of Jane Smiley's work. She has a clear, straight forward style while telling a good story. Her characters are good, likable people with flaws and virtues. I don't usually like ya novels but I loved this one.
I really liked it, however it is a bit confusing with all of the horses names and I did get lost halfway through the book the first time I read it, but rereading it a second time made it a lot easier to understand and therefore more enjoyable to read!
This book is about a girl who has some problems at school and her father sells horses. She has to ride each of them every day and she really loves horses. Then a foal is born and her father buys a horse that always bucks her off and she gets scared to ride him. Then, at school her only friend has a new BFF and often ignores her. She gets suspended for something she didn't do it! Read to find out more about Abby!!!
Didn't make it all the way through this book. I stopped about half way. Reasons: by the middle of the story I should have had an idea of the main thrust of the story. The "why I should keep reading" element. Didn't see it. Plus there was an awful lot of religion being shoved down my throat. I've read literally hundreds of horse stories in my life. Never have I felt the need for a dose of Christianity with my barn dirt. The actual horse bits were authentic and realistic and were enjoyable. Maybe
I really enjoyed reading this book. I liked how Abby treated others. She was respectful, but was able to get her point across. I didn't like how obedient Abby had to be at times. It almost seemed as if she was afraid of her parents. I loved how the author described the scenery. It really made it seem like you were there. I love how she really makes the horses come to life. I didn't like how she portrayed Ornery George. She sometimes made it seem like how it was his fault that he didn't like
Awesome book that tells the story of a girl that lives on a barn.
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