Midnight Mystery (Winnie the Horse Gentler #4) [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 4)

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.

#4 Midnight Mystery—It's up to Winnie to solve a mystery and save a circus horse. But Winnie faces her own mystery as she struggles to keep her family from changing and to hold on to things as they are. She'll learn to appreciate God, who never changes no matter what else may threaten.

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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 Kids; Reprinted edition (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0842355456
• ISBN-13: 978-0842355452
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,005 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Religions > Christianity > Ages 9-12
  • #66 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Religions > Fiction > Christian
  • #73 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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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Horses to the max!!!, May 27, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Midnight Mystery (Winnie the Horse Gentler #4) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a very cool book about a girl named Winnie that trains horses. Her friend's Grandfather owns a circus with lots of horse acts, including a cool Cossak act that includes a black morgan stallion named Midnight Mystery and his owner, Ramon. There's one problem though, someone's trying to wreck his acts! Can Winnie save Midnight Mystery's acts? Read this book to find out!

5.0 out of 5 stars The first mystery in the series, November 5, 2011

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MaryT - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Midnight Mystery (Winnie the Horse Gentler #4) (Mass Market Paperback)

We found the Winnie series on Amazon and absolutely love it. The books are heartwarming with great character development. My daughter - 13 - is an avid horse lover and the author clearly has her horse facts right on. We recommend starting with the first book in the series - Wild Thing - but this isn't absolutely necessary. Book 4 centers around a mystery of sorts. Very heartwarming. Thank you Dandi

4.0 out of 5 stars Winnie The Mystery Solver, August 30, 2011

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J. Short (West Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midnight Mystery (Winnie the Horse Gentler #4) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the 4th book in the "Winnie The Horse Gentler" series by Dandi Daley Mackall. Unlike previous books, this one actually does include a mystery, and the horse Winnie is helping doesn't board in her barn. This time the circus is in town, and she's needing to help a circus horse who is jumpy, frightened, and even disobeying commands he's been taught. But the Russian circus is going to be there to scout for new talent. . . can she figure out what is going on in time?

Sub-plots of the book are Catman's Grandfather "Colonel Coolidge" is in town. He's gearing up for a reunion of army men -- but where are they? Even more important is Winnie's mother's birthday is approaching. Since her mother died, Winnie wants to put on a horse show for the family -- celebrate the birthday like they always did when her mother was alive which meant a movie in the morning, spaghetti for lunch, and a horse show in the afternoon. Winnie wants to teach Nickers to bow because her mother always had her horses bow, but will Nickers learn in time? And besides that, with Winnie's dad headed to the Invention Convention in Chicago, he's not going to be home on her mom's birthday. Lizzie has a writing competition that day, so that leaves -- Winnie -- and Winnie alone to remember her mother's birthday -- or so she thinks!