Melanie's Last Ride (Thoroughbred Series #29) [Paperback]

Joanna Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 8, 1998 | Age Level: 8 and up

Will Melanie have to leave Whitebrook?

Melanie Graham loves spending time in Kentucky with her cousin Christina. She loves being away from New York City. And most of all, Melanie loves riding! That's why she's determined to win the competition next week. Her dad is flying all the way from New York to watch. Once he sees well how well Melanie rides, he'll let her stay in Kentucky for good.

But then someone begins sabotaging the other riders--and everyone blames Melanie! She might even be disqualified from the competition. Melanie knows that if her dad finds out, he'll make her go back to New York for sure!

Can Melanie prove that she's innocent in time for the big competition?

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 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (July 8, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061065315
• ISBN-13: 978-0061065316
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,073,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars boring..., December 18, 2001

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"equusspeaker" (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Melanie's Last Ride (Thoroughbred Series #29) (Paperback)

This book was OKay. I like the tint of mystery to it. I think it adds spark. But it's kind of slow and easy to put down. That's why I didn't give it five stars like I usually do. Don't get me wrong, I still recommend reading it because if you skip it you might get confused in Dylan's Choice, the next one. I'm just saying it isn't as great as it should be.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the beginning!!!, March 19, 2001

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Nicolette (Nebraska, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Melanie's Last Ride (Thoroughbred Series #29) (Paperback)

I have been reading this series since the forst book-A Horse Called Wonder- was published. I am now 18 years old and although the reading level of the books have not changed, I still read them. I have every book written in the series and reread them all the time. I agree that I love the racing more than the eventing but the books are still great. I'va always been fascinated by horseracing but I do not own a horse. I ride at my aunt and uncles farm,which is the reason I got interested in horses in the first place. If anyone has the e-mail address of Joanna Campbell please let me know. I really want to e-mail her about how fantastic her creation is. Don't criticize the books please. They are wonderful and I hope they never stop coming!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars They are getting a little better....not enough though, April 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Melanie's Last Ride (Thoroughbred Series #29) (Paperback)

I have to agree with everyone, the books are hard to write. I have written 3 short stories, titled- "The Black Colt", "You Killed My Sister, the Devil Shall Kill You", and the third isn't titled yet.

Also, these books do haev some mistakes in them. Like when Princess got hurt and in book #16, page38 and 39, last line on pg 38 and 1st 3 paragraphs on 93 were saying that Ashleigh didn't want to ride another horse in the Derby except for Princess, but Ashleigh was NOT Princess's jockey. There were a lot of mistakes in all of the "new" books, expecially the "newer" ones- like 23 and up.

all in all this book was ok, though very predictialbe. The only charater that I don't like is Christina- but only at times.

hopefully the books will get better. If anyone wants to talk bout them e-mail me at [e-mail] (love thoroughbred racing)