Book description
When Abby Lovitt gets to work at her family's ranch, she can hardly
believe her luck. True Blue is a beauty, a dapple grey, and he needs a
new home - his owner was tragically killed in a car crash, and no one
has claimed him. Her father is wary, as always. But Abby is smitten.
True Blue is a sweetheart, and whenever Abby calls out, "Blue,
Blue, how are you?" he whinnies back. But sometimes True Blue
seems, well . . . spooked. He paces, and always seems to be looking
for something. Or someone. Abby starts to wonder about True Blue's
owner. What was she like? What did she look like? And what are the
strange whispers Abby sometimes hears when she's with him?
Jane Smiley is the author of eleven novels, as well as four
works of nonfiction. She is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and was
inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001. In
2006 she was awarded the PEN Lifetime Achievement Award for
Literature. She lives in Northern California. This is her third novel
for children.
