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Review by
Mike M, Reviewer
If you are looking for an exciting and enchanting read to finish out your summer, look no further! 'Sunny Gale,' by Jaime Lisa Forbes has history, action, adventure and a strong female main character to round everything out.
I love when a historical fiction novel teaches me about a subject that I know nothing about, and this book did that in a way that was both clever and entertaining. Jaime Lisa Forbes clearly did her fair share of research in order to write this, and it shows!
'Sunny Gale,' is a story about a woman who pioneers gender equality in the world of rodeo. In the year 1895, Hannah Brandt moves to the mostly undeveloped state of Nebraska with her mother and step-father with the aim of starting a family farm. Hannah is only 14, but she is not sheltered, and she becomes fully aware of the hardships that her parents face as they try to scrape out a life in the harsh Nebraska wilderness.
Unfortunately, this begins to drive a wedge in between the whole family, and when Hannah's step-father discovers that she has been caring for a wild horse, he kills the animal himself. This would be a tough knock for anyone to endure, but Hannah only takes it as a sign that she must work harder to live out her dream of learning to ride a horse.
After enlisting the help of a local boy, she begins learning to ride and soon uses that knowledge to become a champion rodeo rider. But the road is not easy for Hannah to get everything that she wants out of life, and she soon finds that she will have to give up much of what she has always been taught to strive for as a woman in order to follow her career.
A wonderful read from a terrific writer! 'Sunny Gale,' is unmissable!
I love when a historical fiction novel teaches me about a subject that I know nothing about, and this book did that in a way that was both clever and entertaining. Jaime Lisa Forbes clearly did her fair share of research in order to write this, and it shows!
'Sunny Gale,' is a story about a woman who pioneers gender equality in the world of rodeo. In the year 1895, Hannah Brandt moves to the mostly undeveloped state of Nebraska with her mother and step-father with the aim of starting a family farm. Hannah is only 14, but she is not sheltered, and she becomes fully aware of the hardships that her parents face as they try to scrape out a life in the harsh Nebraska wilderness.
Unfortunately, this begins to drive a wedge in between the whole family, and when Hannah's step-father discovers that she has been caring for a wild horse, he kills the animal himself. This would be a tough knock for anyone to endure, but Hannah only takes it as a sign that she must work harder to live out her dream of learning to ride a horse.
After enlisting the help of a local boy, she begins learning to ride and soon uses that knowledge to become a champion rodeo rider. But the road is not easy for Hannah to get everything that she wants out of life, and she soon finds that she will have to give up much of what she has always been taught to strive for as a woman in order to follow her career.
A wonderful read from a terrific writer! 'Sunny Gale,' is unmissable!
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