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Suzie M, Reviewer
“Of the three, it was Hannah who was transformed, not by the rigors of pioneer life, but by passion. The passion that engulfed her that winter when she found the wild filly she called 'Zephira.'”
Set in the year 1895 in the brutal frontier of the untamed Nebraskan wilderness, 'Sunny Gale,' is a story about a young girl's journey into womanhood, and her quest to choose the right life for herself. Young Hannah Brandt is only fourteen years old when her family uproots itself and moves to Nebraska.
In those days, the American government was selling tracts of land to prospective farmers as a way to entice more people to move to the state. Hannah's step-father, Tremain chooses to buy one of the tracts and moves the whole family, but soon finds out that farming on this land is not as easy as he was promised.
The family faces hardships and it is during this time that Hannah befriends a wild horse by leaving food out for it to eat. But when Tremain discovers that she has been doing this, he is angry enough to shoot the horse dead. This action drives a permanent wedge in between Hannah and her step-father, and begins her on a quest to find a way to learn to ride a horse.
Luckily, Hannah meets a local young man named Luke who agrees to help her. As the years pass, Luke and Hannah grow closer and eventually marry, but Hannah's dream of riding horses eventually transforms into a dream of becoming a rodeo star. Against the wishes of her husband and her prudish mother, Hannah does become a rodeo star and changes her name to Sunny Gale, proving that she can achieve her dreams.
Jaime Lisa Forbes is a very talented author in the historical fiction genre. I have read one of her books before and found it to be a wonderful journey into the past!
'Sunny Gale' was even better!
Set in the year 1895 in the brutal frontier of the untamed Nebraskan wilderness, 'Sunny Gale,' is a story about a young girl's journey into womanhood, and her quest to choose the right life for herself. Young Hannah Brandt is only fourteen years old when her family uproots itself and moves to Nebraska.
In those days, the American government was selling tracts of land to prospective farmers as a way to entice more people to move to the state. Hannah's step-father, Tremain chooses to buy one of the tracts and moves the whole family, but soon finds out that farming on this land is not as easy as he was promised.
The family faces hardships and it is during this time that Hannah befriends a wild horse by leaving food out for it to eat. But when Tremain discovers that she has been doing this, he is angry enough to shoot the horse dead. This action drives a permanent wedge in between Hannah and her step-father, and begins her on a quest to find a way to learn to ride a horse.
Luckily, Hannah meets a local young man named Luke who agrees to help her. As the years pass, Luke and Hannah grow closer and eventually marry, but Hannah's dream of riding horses eventually transforms into a dream of becoming a rodeo star. Against the wishes of her husband and her prudish mother, Hannah does become a rodeo star and changes her name to Sunny Gale, proving that she can achieve her dreams.
Jaime Lisa Forbes is a very talented author in the historical fiction genre. I have read one of her books before and found it to be a wonderful journey into the past!
'Sunny Gale' was even better!
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