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Pie in the Sky


A Young Adult Children or Middle Grade Book


Book 4 of the The Horses of Oak Valley Ranch Series


Subgenres:

  • Horse Books,
  • 1960s Northern California,
  • Coming-of-Age
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Horse clinics where even the best riders stumble
  • Navigating high school friendships alongside barn drama
  • 1960s Northern California settings with coming-of-age vibes
Publisher Description

Abby Lovitt doesn't realize how unprepared she is when she takes her beloved horse, True Blue, to a clinic led by the most famous equestrian anyone knows.

The biggest surprise, though, is that Sophia, the girl who never makes a mistake, suddenly makes so many that she stops riding.

Who will ride her horse? Abby's dad seems to think it will be Abby.

Pie in the Sky is the most expensive horse Abby has ever ridden.

But he is proud and irritable, and he takes Abby's attention away from the continuing mystery that is True Blue.

And then there's high school—Abby finds new friends, but also new challenges, and a larger world that sometimes seems strange and intimidating.

She begins to wonder if there is another way to look at horses, people, and life itself.

Accompanied by the beautiful imagery of 1960s Northern California, Abby's charming mix of innocence and wisdom guide us through Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley's latest middle-grade horse novel.

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