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5.0 out of 5 stars
A GREAT BOOK! Though you wouldn't know from the cover..., December 29, 2001
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Ever since Wonder's Star got sick at Belmont everyone has given up on him. Christina Reese is convinced that even her mother, the racing legend Ashleigh Griffen, doesn't believe that Star has what it takes to race anymore. And when a reporter asks her for an interview about Stars amazing recovery from Death's door, Christina jumps at the chance to tell the world how great Star still is. But everyone is calling Star a has-been, and Christina is furious that no one believes in her beloved colt anymore. When her cousin, Melanie, and another of Whitebrook's jockeys, Naomi, leave for the races in Florida, Christina finds herself and Star left behind. Will she have to break the rules again, and ask her boyfriend, Parker Townsend, to van them to the Florida track? But Ashleigh has other plans in mind. She wants Star to race in a small race at the Fair Grounds track. But when she tells Christina to look through the program for a race for Star, Christina doesn't have any nice, small race in mind. When she comes across the Lousiana Derby she knows it's the chance Star needs to prove himself. But her scheme seems to have gone terribly wrong when she gets to Fair Grounds for the race. Celtic Mist, the colt her mother had not wanted Star to race against, was running in the same race. Christina is confident Star can blow Mist away until the other colt sets a new track record. Two seconds faster than Star's last workout. Christina is losing faith in her colt, and she is losing the bond that she has always had with the colt, just like what had happened right after Star's illness. Before, she had turned to her talented friend, Lyssa Hynde, to help her get back together with Star. Can Lyssa help them again? And only a day before the Louisiana Derby? This is a really great book! I just don't get it--what happened with the cover? Someone who reviewed another Thoroughbred book said the new covers aren't as good as the old ones, but I still thought they were okay. But the cover on Rising Star could at least be more colorful. Even though you could make an excuse that it's just all the dust kicked up by the horses in a race. The only other problem is that in 'Without Wonder' it says that Star had a heart on his forehead, and in 'Star in Danger it was a heart. But now his star is shaped like a diamond. Assuming that is Star on the cover...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Book!, November 8, 2001
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I really enjoyed this book. I am glad Star is back in form and ready to race. Christina never lost faith in him, but Ashleigh thinks that Star isn't ready for a big race. Christina thinks he is. The only bad part about this book is that it left you hanging and I was hoping it will tell about the Kentucky Derby in this book and what happened in it. I guess we will all know in December!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Christina is the main problem, April 5, 2002
By A Customer
This book was written okay, not as good as i hoped it might be, but I guess it could've been worse. What can't get worse, though, is Christinas behavior. She's a acting like snobby, spoiled brat! When you read a book, you want the main character to be likeable. I'm not saying that he/she has to be perfect all the time and never do any mistakes, no, I want the main ch. to be human and not always succeed, and sometimes do things they regret, but still nice. Ashleigh and Samantha were more like that, they weren't perfect, but nice, so you could identify yourself more with them. In this book, all Christina can think about is that Star has to run in the Kentucky Derby, and that he has to win, win, win. I just can't stand her attitude. This book would've been much better if it hadn't been for her. But as I said, otherwise the book was okay. And one last thing: all you authors, please don't keep us in suspense anymore - we want to know what happens in the Derby!!! (I said we bacause I know a lot of people who agree with me.) Would that we possible..?
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