| Title: | Close Call | Author First Name: | Lauraine | Author Last Name: | Snelling | Co-Author First Name: | | Co-Author Last Name: | | Series: | Golden Filly Series | Series #: | 9 | Publisher: | Bethany House Publishers | ISBN: | 1556614888 | 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: | "I'll get you" "Bang! You're dead" "Don't you wish you knew" Trish is receiving some extremely threatening letters and phone calls. Things are so severe, the police have basically assigned her a bodyguard. The race track is open and the bad guys are caught so why is she still receiving threats? Who wants her to stop so badly they are willing to threaten her? And how dangerous will her racing get? | Extra Notes: | Warning: Tear Jerker Alert! There are at least a few 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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