Cindy's Glory (Thoroughbred Series #14) [Paperback]

Joanna Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 12, 1995 | Age Level: 9 and up

Anticipating her adoption into the loving McLean family at Whitebrook Farm, Cindy Blake finds her worst nightmares coming true when her adoption is not approved and her favorite horse, Glory, is put up for sale.

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.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (October 12, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061063258
• ISBN-13: 978-0061063251
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The last of the classic Campbell Thoroughbred books, March 24, 2003

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This review is from: Cindy's Glory (Thoroughbred Series #14) (Paperback)

Cindy's Glory is the last book in the Thoroughbred series that Joanna Campbell wrote herself. As of spring 2003, the series has grown to 57 titles, 4 super editions, three reissues, and a spin-off Ashleigh series, which makes the original 14 books and 2 super editions even more precious. Most loyal readers agree that Joanna Campbell, as the original author and creater, was the best. She created real situations with flawed but likable characters. Even Cindy's Glory, however, slips a little on the scale.

Cindy's Glory is the story of Cindy Blake, an orphan who is staying temporarily at Whitebrook Farm with Ian and Beth MacLean, and their daughter Samantha. In the previous book, Cindy's Runaway Colt, Cindy found a stray colt named Glory and hid him while she tried to convince the MacLeans to save him from his abusive owners - who, it turned out, had stolen him. Now he is up for auction, so Cindy and her friend Heather Gilbert determine to train him as a racehorse to prove he's good enough for Whitebrook to buy.

Campbell is notorious for having her heroines - Ashleigh, the original character who started the series, and then Samantha - go off slightly half-cocked when it comes to horses. You really have to ignore the fact that two twelve-year-old girls are galloping a racehorse; if you do you'll be able to handle the whole book. Don't get hung up on the fact that it's totally unreasonable; this is one example of the way Campbell was definitely on the way out when she wrote this book.

Otherwise Campbell does a good job. Cindy's fear at being taken away from her foster home at Whitebrook is very real, as is her gratitude at being part of a loving family. And her relationship with Glory is much like Ashleigh's with her beloved mare Wonder, but not a carbon copy. Longtime readers will manage to find parallels and enjoy the bond between them, but it won't feel like Campbell ran out of things to say and just cut-and-pasted Ashleigh and Wonder stories.

Joanna Campbell wrote Thoroughbred books #1-14, the super editiongs Ashleigh's Christmas Miracle and Ashleigh's Diary, and the first three books of the Ashleigh series: Lightning's Last Hope, A Horse for Christmas, and Waiting for Stardust. She also wrote Battlecry Forever! and Star of Shadowbrook Farm, which were released as part of the "Ashleigh's Book Collection" series. If you plan to read Thoroughbred I recommend you start with #1 and go up, because the original 14 books really were the best.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Um, yah, August 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Cindy's Glory (Thoroughbred Series #14) (Paperback)

Ok, Joanna Campbell must have gotten I little dilusional here. Since when are small children given the permission to train highly tempermental and valuble racehorses? I mean, this book is okay, but what is this? Small kids don't know what the heck they're doing. Cindy has only ridden for 6 months and suddenly she can train like a professional who has a degree and her friend, who can hardly ride, knows what to do also. I just don't like Cindy. And Heather is clueless. Cindy is running around riding this "amazing" horse. I'm not fond of him. If he's going to be sold, I don't think I'd let a novice horseback rider on him. Even if she was only "walking and trotting" him. Obviously, she intended to lie. She's galloping him. The chances that a novice galloping a high strung racehorse and not doing something wrong are low. I can't believe that they even wrote this book. It was okay, but entirely over the line. Unrealistic and annoying.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this book is the best so far, November 22, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Cindy's Glory (Thoroughbred Series #14) (Paperback)

This book is a bomb. It was sad when they had to take Glory away.