Features
- Cover Type: Mass Market Paperback with 208 pages
- Published by: HarperTorch; Special edition November 15, 1993
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0061062189
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0061062186
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8-- Ashleigh Griffen, 13, loves the yearling filly, Wonder. She has nursed the young horse and dreams of her triumphs on the track. Like Farley's Alec Ramsey in The Black Stallion , she finds an ally in a crusty old trainer, Charlie, who sympathizes with her when a brash young trainer treats the animal harshly. Ashleigh frets about Wonder throughout the book's first half, and the story abruptly changes when the horse farm abandons training the willful horse and Charlie and the girl secretly transform her into a potential champion. Ashleigh becomes a more interesting character as she matures from a complaining child into a confident exercise rider. Readers will enjoy watching her growth and understand her fear while she learns to handle the excitable animal. Unfortunately, the book frequently lapses into sentimentality. Ashleigh persistently states how Wonder's devotion will overcome all obstacles--such love exists only in stories like this one. --Charlene Strickland, formerly at Albuquerque Public Library , NM
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
Product Description
Ashleigh's dreams are in tatters.
Ashleigh Griffen is thrilled when the owner of the horse farm where she lives puts her favorite horse, Wonder, into training as a Thoroughbred racer. Ashleigh has spent the past year turning the sickly filly into a gorgeous, healthy yearling.
Ashleigh knows Wonder could be great, but Wonder dislikes her harsh new trainer. Soon she's bucking and disobeying all his commands. Ashleigh is heartbroken when the trainer says Wonder is untrainableuseless.
Even worse, Wonder doesn't seem to know Ashleigh anymore. One day after Wonder fiercely throws her, Ashleigh becomes afraid of her own horse. Maybe the trainer was right after all-maybe it's time to give up on Wonder.
Read
Thoroughbred and experience the love and friendship between a determined girl and a very special filly.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Wonder's Promise (Thoroughbred Series #2) (Mass Market Paperback)
I read this book over 5 years ago when my daughter was to little to read this series. I love horses,but there are no horse series or books for the adults. When I read how Brad Townsend wast treating this filly I became very angry and wanted to do the same to him. Since I bought this book and I bought some of the other books in this series, but I have not bought any more, or enjoyed the series because of new authors or new people that I lost interest in.
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