Smiley hit the nail on the head with dysfunctional familly dynamics. Her characters are true to life and reveal the disparity between performance for appearance sake and what goes on in secret. The ... Read More
As with the first two books (The Georges and the Jewels is the first one), this book combines a good story with a lot of horse-lore. A child would not necessarily have to be horse-crazy to enjoy ... Read More
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
It started with promise, but seemed to go nowhere. Too wordy, not enough action to keep my interest. I didn't finish it. I've not read any of the author's other works -- perhaps this was not the ... Read More