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A young girl's love for a beautiful Mustang mare fuels her fierce determination to save the life—against all odds—of the wild horse's orphaned filly.

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A young girl's love for a beautiful Mustang mare fuels her fierce determination to save the life—against all odds—of the wild horse's orphaned filly.

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Callie Mclean is thirteen years old and has always wanted a horse of her own. She knows, though, that her live-off-the-land, hippie parents could never afford it. Callie knows that she will have to content herself with watching the wild mustangs that roam free close to her home near the northern Nevada desert. She has a favorite mare named Moonbeam who is about to foal. Callie dreams of the day when the foal is born, but things go terribly wrong when the Bureau of Land Management conducts a helicopter round-up that includes Moonbeam. Moonbeam survives the harsh round-up just long enough to deliver her little filly, but soon the little one is orphaned. Callie cannot bear to let the colt die. She knows that adoption and almost constant care are the only ways for this colt to survive. She just needs to convince her parents. This is an encouraging story about a young girl fulfilling her dreams while learning about the importance of friendship, the rewards of responsibility and hard work, and the steadfastness of family.
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Callie is passionate about the wild mustangs that live near her Nevada home. Although her parents have limited financial means, the exuberant 13-year-old still hopes to own her own horse someday. She gets close to the animals any way she can-observing her favorite herd (and her "dream horse," Moonbeam) in their desert habitat and working with an equine veterinarian. The wild mustangs are under the legal auspices of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which occasionally rounds up horses for adoption, and Callie is devastated when Moonbeam is taken to the local adoption center. When the mare dies while giving birth, the girl is determined to adopt her foal and nurse it back to health. Her efforts seesaw between success and failure until the powers for good intervene. Combining a hardworking heroine, supportive and loving secondary characters, and a few coincidences, Platt creates a heartwarming, wish-come-true story. However, the narrative is marred by the author's fury against the BLM (which is personified by a cruel local representative who tries to squash Callie's plans), clichéd phraseology, and romanticized descriptions of horses whose manes and tails "glistened in the sun." Regardless, this good-versus-evil tearjerker will captivate equine enthusiasts.
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You recognize the Bad Guys in this stock Western because they wear black hats-oops, that's wrong, it's because they 1) speak rudely about Mustangs, spontaneously and at length; 2) thwart Our Heroine without any apparent motivation other than that they are Bad. The Good Guys always help Our Heroine, so much so that she never has to solve a problem on her own. The nice Heroine loves horses and longs for one of her own, and falls in love with a wild mare, but it dies, leaving a newborn foal, and the Heroine's parents just don't understand . . . (This is, of course, the secret desired autobiography many middle-school girls tell themselves at bedtime.) The Problems dry up and blow away like tumbleweeds the instant a Good Guy shows up. The characters are flat, the dialogue leaden, the plot-um, someone forgot to include one. The horses, on the other hand, are pretty good, and the opening scene of stallions fighting is the best four pages of the book. (Fiction. 10-13)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781561453825
  • Publisher: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd.
  • Publication date: 10/28/2006
  • Pages: 176
  • Sales rank: 650,414
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Lexile: 850L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.60 (h) x 0.80 (d)

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  • Posted November 4, 2008

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    Reviewed by Carrie Spellman for TeensReadToo.com

    All Callie has ever really wanted was a mustang of her own. Callie lives a somewhat hippy existence with her parents in the Nevada desert, in an area where most families have ranches and are relatively well-off, and where wild mustangs roam free. Callie has been watching one particular wild mustang for quite some time -- she calls her Moonbeam.

    One day, while out riding the family horse, Callie comes upon the herd of wild horses that Moonbeam travels with. She notices that Moonbeam is pregnant. Callie's excitement over the impending foal is catching, and her best friend wants to go see the horse. They come upon the herd of horses at the same time as some helicopters that are rounding them up. The Bureau of Land Management rounds up wild mustangs every so often and offers them for adoption. Callie is terrified for Moonbeam. A roundup can be very hard on a strong, healthy horse, and Moonbeam is VERY pregnant. This could be bad news for the horse and her foal.

    Callie has been saving up her money, hoping to be able to pay the fee and adopt a horse. She doesn't quite have enough yet, but she can't let Moonbeam go to someone else. Especially now that the horse, and foal, might be in trouble.

    I used to be a huge fan of horse books, like the MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE set, BLACK BEAUTY, NATIONAL VELVET, and other similar books. This book fits very nicely into that grouping. Callie is a good heroine, who has the best of intentions -- though sometimes not the best methods. Which actually makes her more real, and I like that a lot. She also works very hard to get what she wants, which sets a great example.

    This is a sweet book that I'm glad I had the opportunity to read.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 7, 2007

    You will fall in love with MOON SHADOW ... just like Callie does!

    Ever since Chris Platt wrote the award-winning young adult book, WILLOW KING, and then went on to write WK II plus several in the Thoroughbred Ashleigh series, my grandkids, especially Ashley, have been asking me when she's going to write another book. ¿¿¿ Imagine my delight when I received an ARC of MOON SHADOW and presented it to Ashley on her birthday. ¿¿¿ (Don't tell her I read it first! I just couldn't resist meeting Platt's new wholesome heroine and seeing the girl solve the problems that arise in caring for and protecting her beloved horse.) ¿¿¿ There's adventure aplenty in this dynamite book! It's a fantastic book, one that your children will relish over and over again and then read to their own kids someday. It's a keeper! Well-written realistic characters, but most important (to me) is that Platt is very knowledgable about horses and ranch life. That comes through loud and clear in all her books. Highly recommended.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2006

    Moon Struck

    Chris Platt does it again! Vivid imagery, realistic characters and a touching story. My daughter loves anything by Chris Platt. This one's a keeper!

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