Close Quarters (High Hurdles #6) (Book 6) [Paperback]

Lauraine Snelling (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998 | Age Level: 11 and up

Now that her mother and Robert are married, DJ's latest challenge is breaking in her blended family. But the new house isn't ready for them, so Robert and the twins must squeeze into DJ and Lindy's tiny house for several weeks.

All too soon, DJ learns that having a family means spending time together. But between her growing responsibilities at Briones Riding Academy and catching up on homework after a week with the flu, DJ has trouble fitting it all in.

Trapped in close quarters, DJ longs for privacy. But at the same time, she feels isolated from the rest of the family. For once, DJ must deal with her jealousy of the Double Bs. And when a horse show comes in the way of DJ's art, a full-scale family war threatens to break out!

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About the Author

Lauraine Snelling is an award winning author of over 30 books, both fiction and non fiction for adults and young adults. She has two horse series for young teen girls, the GOLDEN FILLY SERIES which is completed and HIGH HURDLES. Lauraine is also the author of the popular RED RIVER OF THE NORTH series set in North Dakota in the past part of the 19th century. The Bjorklund brothers bring their families from Norway to begin a new life on the land they will turn from prairie to fertile farms.

Besides writing both books and articles, Lauraine teaches at writer's conferences across the country and has an active speaking career. She and husband Wayne have two grown sons, four grand dogs and live in the country where Lauraine can garden, sew, do crafts, cross stitch, enjoy her birds and eventually have a horse again.

size : 5.2 x 7.5

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764220349
• ISBN-13: 978-0764220340
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,457,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lauraine Snelling, an award-winning author of fifty-plus books with sales of over 2 million copies, also writes for a wide range of magazines and teaches at writers' conferences across the country. She and her husband make their home in Tehachapi, California.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best!, March 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Close Quarters (High Hurdles #6) (Book 6) (Paperback)

I absolutely love every one of Lauraine Snelling's books for young adults!She is my favorite author.I have collected all of the High Hudles and all of the Golden Filly Series.The Golden Filly Series got me started on racing and the High Hudles got me interested in jumping.I am just so excited that there are books like these out there!These have to be the only Christian Horse series that I know of.I absolutely love them and can't wait for the next book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DJ takes on too much, and disaster brakes out., October 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Close Quarters (High Hurdles #6) (Book 6) (Paperback)

I've read all of Lauraine Snelling's Teen and Young Adult book's and they are great! She portrays the struggle of life for us kids.

5.0 out of 5 stars Family Wars Threaten To Break Out, January 3, 2006

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Secretariatgal (Brookville, Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Close Quarters (High Hurdles #6) (Book 6) (Paperback)

DJ Randall is stuck in the middle when she finds she has more and more to do and not enough hours in the day! First, she's stricken with and illness that keeps her out of school for a week. Just when it seems the mountain of homework she has to do can't get any higher, it grows. Not to mention she also let her algebra grade slip and gets on restrictions at the worst possible time. An art weekend she qualifies for with pictures of Stormy, her new foal, falls on the same as the show season. When DJ turns down the invitation without consultiing her family, her mother is furious. She also has to take care of Major, even though restrictions won't allow her to ride him, as well as work with Patches, Andrew, her class of 3 girls, and then she has Bunny's horse to take care of for a week. On top of all that, her mother has gone to war with her again. It seems nobody in the family knows what she's going through. How in the world is DJ gonna get out of this one?