| Title: | Shadow Over San Mateo | Author First Name: | Lauraine | Author Last Name: | Snelling | Co-Author First Name: | | Co-Author Last Name: | | Series: | Golden Filly Series | Series #: | 6 | Publisher: | Bethany House Publishers | ISBN: | 1556612923 | Genre: | Realistic | Sub Genre: | Sports | Target Gender: | Females | Target Age: | 14 and up | Issue: Death: | Loss | Issue: Lifestyle: | None | Issue: Physical: | None | Issue: Relationships: | Parents | Issue: Religion: | Christianity | Issue: Self Image: | None | Issue: Spiritual: | Faith/Trust | Summary: | There's no reason to go on. Her dad is dead. The cancer won. And Trish's world has fallen apart. She is filled with anger and hurt. She can't do anything, nothing seems to matter anymore. All she has left is the horses. But she's even losing her touch with them. | Extra Notes: | Warning: Tear Jerker Alert! Big time! There are ALOT of different points in this story where you want to cry!
The Golden Filly series is about a young highschool girl who adores horses and seems to have a special touch with them. The family business has been raising horses, but now her father has cancer and is ill all the time. Trish is taking on alot of the responsibility, much to her mom's dismay. Throughout the series, Trish competes in higher and higher levels of races as her dad gets worse and worse. Trish has to continually battle with trusting God in the midst of trials and has to constantly work on obeying and respecting her mom who is terrified of Trish's racing. | Reviewer: | J:-)mi | Recommendation Scale: | 4 |
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