The Georges and the Jewels

Name: The Georges and the Jewels
Brand: Yearling
SKU: 9780375862281-PRUSDTR-US
Price: 52.0 HKD
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Book One of the Horses of Oak Valley Ranch

Jane Smiley (Author) ... more

Edition: US - Paperback / softback

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240 pages • 5.2 x 7.7 x 0.62 in

Approx. weight: 0.45 lb

Publication date: 14 Sep,2010

Barcode: 9780375862281 • Yearling

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By: Jane Smiley

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 hasn't 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 can't help but seek comfort in the Georges and the Jewels, who greet her every day with soft nickers. Except for one: the horse who won't 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 can't 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.