Book : Horse Girl - Seim, Carrie

-Titulo Original : Horse Girl

-Fabricante :

Penguin Workshop

-Descripcion Original:

Mean Girls meets Black Beauty in Horse Girl by celebrated author Carrie Seim--a funny and tender middle-grade novel about finding your forever herd.This book is funny and exciting. Beautifully portrays both the pleasures and risks of riding horses and also of being a teen. Very original, and a great pleasure to read.--Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wills is a seventh grader whos head-over-hoof for horses, and beyond excited when she gets the chance to start training at the prestigious Oakwood Riding Academy. But Amara--the Queen of the #HorseGirls--and her posse arent going to let the certifiably dork-tagious Wills trot her way into their club so easily. Between learning the reins of horse riding, dealing with her Air Force pilot mom being stationed thousands of miles from home, and keeping it together in front of (gasp!) Horse Boys, Wills learns that becoming a part of the #HorseGirl world isnt easy. But with her rescue horse, Clyde, at her side, it sure will be fun.Complete with comedic, original hoof notes to acquaint the less equestrian among us, Horse Girl delivers everything a young readers wants: mean girls, boy problems, and embarrassingly goofy dad jokes. And it does so on the back of a pony. Review “A book of exceptional wit and heart, a rare and dangerous combination. Seim clears every jump with grace.” - Matthew Aldrich, screenwriter of Disney/Pixar’s Coco From the deliciously zippy dialogue to the hilarious misadventures of a sassy equestrian misfit (who among us didn’t plot a “Grand Theft Equine” of our favorite pony?) and her equine accomplices, Carrie Seim perfectly captures what it means to be a true HORSE GIRL circa-now - and always. - Sarah Maslin Nir, staff reporter,The New York Times,and author ofHorse Crazy: The Story of A Woman and A World in Love with An Animal “Horse Girl had my daughter enthralled. Carrie Seim’s writing is both funny and poignant. She spins a heartwarming tale of ‘finding your forever herd’ that will connect with kids and families of all kinds. There’s even an awkward dad character. (Ahem.) No comment.” - Dana Gould, writer/co-executive producer of The Simpsons“Horse Girl really captures a horse lover’s imagination with its spirited story and girl talk. What a great idea and a fun read.” - Soledad OBrien, Peabody-award winning broadcast journalist, author and executive producer About the Author Carrie is the author of the bestselling adventure series The Flying Flamingo Sisters (hailed by The New York Times as a Best Audiobook for Road Trips with Kids) as well as Horse Girl, her new comedic middle-grade novel for Penguin Random House.Shes served as a staff writer for Nickelodeon and you can hear her voice in several audiobooks, animated series and commercials. As a journalist and essayist, shes contributed to The New York Times, The Atlantic, Cosmopolitan, The New York Post, McSweeneys, Architectural Digest and the book Mortified: Love is a Battlefield. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter One “Heads up! Center oxer!” Amara’s voice echoes through the indoor riding ring as she and Silver Streak-a gorgeous, leggy black jumper-canter toward a wooden fence in perfect rhythm. Even their glossy ponytails bounce at the exact same time. Which is completely annoying. And then mesmerizing. And then annoying for tricking me into being mesmerized. Ugh. Amara is oh-so­politely warning everyone at Oakwood Riding Academy to get out of her way. Move it or lose it, breeches. She’s basically Queen of the #HorseGirls (as her T­shirt helpfully explains to anyone who wasn’t clear on this point), so we all click­click at our steeds, who scatter like stable mice. Or at least they’re supposed to. I, however, am perched on Clyde Lee-one of the oldest, giant-est, willful-est horses at Oakwood. Clyde is half Clydesdale, half thoroughbred, and 100 percent not budging. He and I got matched up because I’m wh