Book : The Georges And The Jewels Book One Of The Horses Of.

-Titulo Original : The Georges And The Jewels: Book One Of The Horses Of Oak Valley Ranch

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A Pulitzer Prize winner makes her debut for young readers. Abby Lovitt has been riding horses for as long as she can remember, but Daddy hasnt let her name a single one. He calls all their geldings George and their mares Jewel and warns her not to get attached. The horses are there on the ranch to be sold, plain and simple. But with all the stress at school (the Big Four-Linda, Mary A., Mary N., Joan-have turned against her) and home (nothing feels right with her brother, Danny, gone), Abby cant help but seek comfort in the Georges and the Jewels, who greet her every day with soft nickers. Except for one: the horse who wont meet her gaze, the horse who bucks her off, the horse Daddy insists she ride and train. Abby knows not to cross her father, but she knows, too, that she cant get back on Ornery George. And suddenly the horses seem like no refuge at all. From Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley comes an emotionally charged and action-filled novel for young readers, set in the vibrant landscape of 1960s California horse country. Review Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, July 20, 2009:A lyrical meditation on horses, families, and the vicissitudes of peer relationships among girls. Review, Booklist, September 15, 2009:[A] quiet, psychologically attuned youth debut. Review, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), October 3, 2009:The Georges and the Jewels is filled with fascinating details about the care and training of horses, and Abby is a refreshing heroine in todays snark-filled times. Review, Chicago Sun-Times, October 18, 2009:Smiley’s intricate and sophisticated knowledge of horses shines throughout this book, making it a guaranteed winner for horse-loving youngsters. Review, LATimes , September 27, 2009:I have never admired [Smileys] writing as much as I do in the first of what promises to be a series of books for children...The Georges and the Jewels can easily take its place on the shelf along with the great horse stories of childhood. Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books, October 2009:Readers...will be happy to mount up and ride along. About the Author Jane Smiley is the acclaimed author of many books for adults, including Private Life, Horse Heaven, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Thousand Acres. She was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001. Jane Smiley lives in Northern California, where she rides horses every chance she gets. Her second novel for young readers, A Good Horse, also features Abby Lovitt and her familys ranch. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 Sometimes when you fall off your horse, you just dont want to get right back on. Lets say he started bucking and you did all the things you knew to do, like pull his head up from between his knees and make him go forward, then use a pulley rein on the left to stop him. Most horses would settle at that point and come down to a walk. Then you could turn him again and trot off--its always harder for the horse to buck at the trot than at the lope. But if, right when you let up on the reins, your horse put his head between his knees again and took off bucking, kicking higher and higher until he finally dropped you and went tearing off to the other end of the ring, well, you might lie there, as I did, with the wind knocked out of you and think about how nice it would be not to get back on, because that horse is just dedicated to bucking you off. So I did lie there, looking up at the branches of the oak tree that grew beside the ring, and I did wait for Daddy to come trotting over with that horse by the bridle, and I did stare up at both their faces, the face of that horse flicking his ears back and forth and snorting a little bit, and the face of my father, red-cheeked and blue-eyed, and I did listen to him say, Abby? You okay, honey? Sure you are. I saw you bounce! Get up, now. I sighe