" Ashleigh Griffen swore she'd never give her heart to another horse--not after a disease wiped out her family's breeding farm, along with Ashleigh's favorite mare, Stardust.
Now the Griffens areare starting over as breeding managers at Townsend Acres, and Ashleigh's sure she's going to hate living there.
Then a small, sickly foal is born--a beautiful copper filly that looks like Stardust. No one thinks the foal will live or that it's worth trying to save. No one but Ashleigh.
Can one girl's love alone work miracles?"
Ruth Miller, Resident Scholar
"A young, 12-year-old girl named Ashleigh Griffen is forced to move to a place called Townsend Acres because a virus swept through their old breeding farm, Edgardale. After a tour of the farm, Ashleigh falls in love with an old brood mare named Townsend Holly who is about to give birth to a foal. Ashleigh takes over as Holly's groom and when she droppes a weak foal, only Ashleigh thinks they can save the filly. The filly gets better, and everyone names her Ashleigh's Wonder. Then Wonder gets influenza. with the help of a grumpy old man named Charlie Burke, Ashleigh helps Wonder get over that too. Wonder was small compared to the other weanlings, so Clay Townsend (the owner) decides to sell Wonder, but Ashleigh pleads for her and shapes Wonder up in the month given. Townsend decides to keep her for another year."
melissa shwanke, Resident Scholar
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Review Analysis of A Horse Called Wonder
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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
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 (a good amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
- lot of descript of animal care
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
- little dialog
