“A king-size God thing.”
Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis is tired of moving around. Ever since her mom died in a car accident — an accident for which Winnie blames herself — the family has done nothing but move, move, move. This time she hopes, along with her younger sister Lizzy, they’ll stay awhile in Ashland, Ohio, where Winnie has found a job at the local stable where she can be near her favorite animal — horses.
The owners of the stable have taken in a white Arabian they’ve named “Wild Thing,” as it’s full of fear and out of control. Winnie quickly falls in love with the Arabian, and slowly uses her horse gentler skills to calm the horse down and earn its trust. She wants nothing more than to have the horse for herself.
In Dandi Daley Mackall’s first installment of the “Winnie” series series, “Wild Thing” shows us many important lessons. It reminds us about unfailing love — whether from people or God; faithfulness; and dealing with blame, trust and forgiveness. Winnie must learn to believe in God’s forgiveness and turn to Him for help.
“Wild Thing” is full of fun characters beyond Winnie — Calvin “Catman” Coolidge is like the Pied Piper for cats; little sister Lizzy has a thing for lizards; Eddy Barker has a knack for rehabilitating dogs; and Pat Haven owns a small pet shop and runs a pet help line.
This book is fun for “kids” of all ages.
Five stars out of five.
“Wild Thing” (Winnie the Horse Gentler, Book #1) by Dandi Daley Mackall
Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis is tired of moving around. Ever since her mom died in a car accident — an accident for which Winnie blames herself — the family has done nothing but move, move, move. This time she hopes, along with her younger sister Lizzy, they’ll stay awhile in Ashland, Ohio, where Winnie has found a job at the local stable where she can be near her favorite animal — horses.
The owners of the stable have taken in a white Arabian they’ve named “Wild Thing,” as it’s full of fear and out of control. Winnie quickly falls in love with the Arabian, and slowly uses her horse gentler skills to calm the horse down and earn its trust. She wants nothing more than to have the horse for herself.
In Dandi Daley Mackall’s first installment of the “Winnie” series series, “Wild Thing” shows us many important lessons. It reminds us about unfailing love — whether from people or God; faithfulness; and dealing with blame, trust and forgiveness. Winnie must learn to believe in God’s forgiveness and turn to Him for help.
“Wild Thing” is full of fun characters beyond Winnie — Calvin “Catman” Coolidge is like the Pied Piper for cats; little sister Lizzy has a thing for lizards; Eddy Barker has a knack for rehabilitating dogs; and Pat Haven owns a small pet shop and runs a pet help line.
This book is fun for “kids” of all ages.
Five stars out of five.
“Wild Thing” (Winnie the Horse Gentler, Book #1) by Dandi Daley Mackall