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Plot Summary of Wonder's Promise
"   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 foal into a beautiful, healthy yearling.
   Ashleigh knows Wonder could be great, but Wonder dislikes her harsh new trainer. Soon she's bucking and disobeying all of his commands. Ashleigh is heartbroken when the trainer says Wonder is untrainable... useless.
   Even worse, Wonder doesn't seem to know Ashleigh anymore. One day after Wonder fiercly throws her, Ashliegh becomes afraid of her own horse. Maybe the trainer was right after all--maybe it's time to give up on Wonder... "

Ruth Miller, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Wonder's Promise
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Animal story Yes
Kind of animal: - horse
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 9 (quite a lot)
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch - lot of descript of animal care

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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