Cindy's Desert Adventure (Thoroughbred) [School & Library Binding]

J. Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2001 | Series: Thoroughbred

Has Cindy given up hope?

While recovering from surgery, Cindy McLean goes back and reads what she wrote in her diary so many years ago. Cindy is sure her racing career is over now, but years ago, it was just beginning....

Find out what happened in Cindy's own words as she travels to Arabian shores -- the ancient birthplace of the horse -- to work for Sheik al Rihani. There she learns that women are treated differently, especially women who want to race against men. But the more challenges she faces, the more determined Cindy becomes.

Will the injured Cindy find inspiration in her spirited younger self?

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Joanna Campbell appears here with her six-year-old Thoroughbred, Meyersville Magic, known around the barn as CC. He's a son of Horatius out of Northwich by Timothy's Champ and is owned by Cathy Day. Formerly trained for racing, he is now being trained for eventing. Last Year he was the Maine Entry Level Champion in Combined Training. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• School & Library Binding
• Publisher: San Val (June 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613671813
• ISBN-13: 978-0613671811
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,271,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally some answers!, June 16, 2001

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Alex - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cindy's Desert Adventure (Thoroughbred Series #47) (Paperback)

Cindy's Desert Adventure takes you back, through Cindy's old diary, to the year after Champion won at Dubai. Cindy's eagerly progressing in the racing world, and is happy with her life working at Whitebrook. But Cindy's world gets thrown upside down after a freak accident, and Champion is sent away to live with Sheik al-Rihani in Dubai. Cindy, not able to bear losing the stallion, leaves her home and goes with him as a full-time groom. But life in the UAE is very different than she expected . . .

I really enjoyed this book, especially since it answered all the questions we had when Thoroughbred skipped a generation. I can't wait to find out what happens in Cindy's Bold Start, another Lost Diary Special, which takes place in New York. The book was fun to read; the story wasn't written in a diary format, but contained entries from Cindy's diary throughout the chapter. 5 Stars- A must-read for a Thoroughbred fan.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The series gets better and better, June 10, 2001

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Brandy (Saskatchewan, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cindy's Desert Adventure (Thoroughbred Series #47) (Paperback)

This is a really good book, I have always loved Cindy and it was nice to read about her again. I thought that it would be hard to go back in time with the diary thing and to go back to an older character after Christina and Melanie for so long, but Mary wrote the novel EXTREMELY well. I got so caught up it in I couldn't put it down. It was great knowing what happend to Ashleigh so many years ago, and why they sold Wonder's Champion. I think it would be great for Cindy and Ben to get back together, maybe they will...I can't wait until Cindy's Bold Start! I highly recommend this series to ANYONE who likes horses. Its the greatest series of all time. I hope it never ends.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the best in the series but it explains a lot I don, July 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Cindy's Desert Adventure (Thoroughbred Series #47) (Paperback)

Ok If your going to read this reveiw and understand why I'm writing this way you need to know a few things. 1 I don't really want to read about Cindy,If I wanted to read about Cindy I'd read the books from when Cindy was around. 2 I don't like Cindy, I never have. I always thought she acted like a spoiled brat unless she wanted something. 3 I loved Champion. Finding out what they did to him made me very upset at the other people I liked. 4 My favorite charactor is Melanie there is hardly any mention of her in this book. 5 I found out the next book is about Cindy also.6 Cindy likes Star. Star is Chris's horse she'd better not end up getting to ride or race Star. Ok this book was bad but it cleared up a lot of things.They also got some things screwed up like Jazzman they said he was a jumper that he never raced. HELLO who ever wrote this book obviously has never read any of the other ones. Jazzman was Mike's prize racehorse. but they did clear up why the baby that ashleigh was supposed to have at the end up book 23 never showed up in anything else. Also why Champion was never around. I think they were very stupid to sell him though. I mean he won the triple crown for gods sake. So I no longer like Ashleigh or Mike and I hate Cindy even more. Champion was the best horse they ever had. Too bad he had tombe paired with Cindy. If it had been Chris or Mel I would've been thrilled to death that he won the Triple Crown but Cindy was just a B''ch