Bold Beauty (Winnie the Horse Gentler #3) [Mass Market Paperback]

Dandi Daley Mackall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2002 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Winnie the Horse Gentler (Book 3)

Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. She can gentle the wildest mare, but other parts of life don't always come as easily. Along with her dad and sister, Lizzy, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom—who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches horses about unconditional love and blind trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted as well. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky personalities fill Winnie's life with friendship and adventure.

#3 Bold Beauty—Winnie's confidence begins to crumble as she faces the toughest challenge of her horse-gentling career and her first failure. Winnie slips into a web of deceit and distress until she discovers the true source of genuine confidence.

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About the Author

Dandi Daley Mackall is the author of over 400 books for children and grown-ups, with sales of over 3 million, she has published with HarperCollins, Dutton/Penguin-Putnam, Harcourt, Simon & Schuster, Disney, Hanna-Barbera, DreamWorks, and many others. Dandi; her husband, Joe; their three children (Jen, Katy, and Dan); and their horses, dogs, and cats live in rural Ohio.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; Reprinted edition (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0842355448
• ISBN-13: 978-0842355445
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #13 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Religions > Christianity > Ages 9-12
  • #15 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Religions > Fiction > Christian
  • #16 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > Horses > Fiction

More About the Author

Dandi won her first writing contest as a 10-year-old tomboy. Her 50 words on "Why I Want to Be Batboy for the Kansas City A's" won first place, but the team wouldn't let a girl be batboy. It was her first taste of rejection.
Since then, Dandi Daley Mackall has become an award-winning author of over 400 books for children of all ages, with sales of 4 million copies in 22 countries. Recent picture books with Sleeping Bear Press include Legend of Ohio, Rudy Rides the Rails: A Depression Era Story (Notable Book 2008 - Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People National Council of Social Studies & Children's Book Council; winner of the Angel Award, 2008; Winner of the "Award of Excellence" from Chicago Book Show 2007) and 2008 release, A Girl Named Dan (her own "batboy" story, and a lesson on Title IX), 2 Mom's Choice Awards & Amelia Bloom Award. Eva Underground, Harcourt young adult novel, nominated ALA Best Book 2007, starred Kirkus review, awarded a Top Teen Read by New York Public Library, finalist for Ohioana Award, was based on the author's experiences behind the Iron Curtain. Love Rules was awarded Romantic Times' Top Pick. Middle-grade fiction, Larger-than-Life Lara, Dutton/Penguin, which teaches how to write, while tackling the problem of bullying, is on the KY Bluegrass Award List 2007-8; William Allan White Award list, 2008-9; KS and KY Children's Choice lists. Her Winnie the Horse Gentler series has sold over half a million books and Starlight Animal Rescue is a Gold Medallion finalist. Dandi received the 2009 Helen Keating Ott Award for distinguished contribution toward promoting high moral and ethical values in children and young adult literature. She also received the Distinguished Alumna Award in 2008 from the University of Missouri. Dandi is a national speaker, keynoting at conferences and Young Author events, and has made dozens of appearances on TV, including ABC, NBC, and CBS. Visit Dandi at www.dandibooks.com, winniethehorsegentler.com, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85oaIUbJ8j8

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Winnie the Abortion Activist, February 5, 2009

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This review is from: Bold Beauty (Winnie the Horse Gentler #3) (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a fifteen-year-old girl who-despite the fact that these books are written for ten-year-olds and about twelve-year-olds-loved the first two because they are about horses. Previously, subplots have included school issues and family dynamics with some religious elements casually thrown in (ex. praying, church, thanking god for things that go right, friend Barker's brothers are named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John). There is also an ongoing storyline between Winnie and a girl named Summer, who is snobbish, rude to Winnie, and is several times seen abusing her horses. Halfway through the third book in the series, Pat Haven (teacher and pet store owner) asks Winnie to help her in a school abortion debate and says that she needs her help because a large number of kids including Summer are on the pro-choice team. When Winnie tells Pat that she doesn't like public speaking, Pat tells her that all she has to do is pray and god will give her the right words because she is saying something he wants her to say. I have not finished the book yet but based on what I've read in the other books in the series, I really wish they would just stick to horses and slumber parties and leave the sex ed to real-life parents and teachers.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST BOOK EVER!!, September 28, 2005

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This review is from: Bold Beauty (Winnie the Horse Gentler #3) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a TOTALY cool book! I adore all of Winnie The Horse Gentler books although this is probably my favorite! This is a MUST buy!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, March 1, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Bold Beauty (Winnie the Horse Gentler #3) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is awsome! It's all about how Winnie Willis takes on a horse, Bold Beauty to cure of her high jumping problems.
Winnie falls off and and becomes terrified of the high hedge. Finally, with the help of God, faces up to her fear and jumps with God riding double!
I think Catman likes Winnie!