The Georges & the Jewels by Jane Smiley - Hardcover (2009)
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Abby Lovitt has a lot of horse sense already at twelve years old. She's been riding horses for her Daddy, who buys them to train up and resell, boasting that "even a little girl can ride them." But Abby must transfer those skills to dealing with the people around her as well. Jane Smiley's novel for young adults is a refreshing addition to the list of books for horse lovers, not least because she maintains the level of sophistication and character development for which she is known in her adult fiction. The author asks her young readers to stretch, as they follow the complex relationships between Abby and her family, her classmates at school, and even the horses, who don’t always respond to Daddy’s training methods.