Sheila Ruble

Broschiertes Buch

Cricket's Choice

Beschreibung

Cricket O'Conner may have outrun the wildfire that swept through her family's ranch a year ago, but she can't outrun the psychological aftermath of her narrow escape. Everyone considers her a hero for saving two horses from the fire, but Cricket doesn't feel like a hero. She feels as if her life has been upended. Her grades are slipping, she's not getting along with her parents or her best friend, and she's plagued by nightmares and flashbacks. Trying to be helpful, her grandmother's given her a huge gift - but one Cricket doesn't want. Worst of all, Gonna Be, the problematic horse she rode through the fire and then sold, has shown up unexpectedly in an auction ring. Is Cricket still responsible for a deeply troubled horse she no longer owns? It will take every penny Cricket has earned to buy back the half-starved and abused gelding. She'll forfeit her hopes of buying a well-trained horse to show this summer. She'll be stuck with a horse she never really liked, who now has at least as many problems as Cricket. But, can she live with herself if she abandons him now? The choice Cricket makes will change her life forever. Cricket's Choice is the long-awaited sequel to Fire Pony, a Women Writing the West 2020 Willa Literary Award finalist.

Autor

As lifelong residents of the Rocky Mountain West, Sheila Ruble and her husband, Bob, have had their share of encounters with wildfire and its aftermath, both at their cabin and at their home, a few miles north of Billings, Montana.Always fascinated by animal behavior and training, Ruble has worked with a number of dogs and horses, as a dog obedience instructor, US Pony Club instructor, and 4-H leader. She has competed successfully in dressage, dog obedience, canine scent work, and lower-level agility. For eight months in 2009, she worked with seven severely traumatized dogs rescued from a hoarding situation. An avid amateur photographer, Ruble shot many of the original photos on which the illustrations in both Fire Pony and Cricket's Choice were based. Fire Pony, written in Ruble's mid-seventies and her first young adult book, was a 2019 finalist for the Willa Award for Literary Excellence: Women Writing the West. She is also the co-author of a book of poetry for adults, Listening to Stones.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sheila B. Ruble
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 133mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780985258252
• ISBN-10: 098525825X
• Artikelnr.: 71690210