Pony Pals #2: A Pony for Kepps: A Pony for Keeps

by Jeanne Betancourt

Book Overview

Can the pony pals help Anna get better grades and keep her pony, Acorn? This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590485849
• ISBN13: 9780590485845
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

I'm Kinda Befuddled

Okay, this is from the same person who wrote a previous review. A couple of reviews down. Anyway, I am twelve and I might be a little old to be reviewing a pony pal book, (I still secretly kinda like them) but the fact that the most recent reviewer obviously has no idea what they are talking about (in my opinion) is kind of bothering me. First of all, why don't people get the fact that ponies and horses are different because ponies are generally smaller than horses, but just because they are ponies, it doesn't mean that they are automatically small. (Read my previous review.) Second of all, just because someone is ten years old, it doesn't mean that they still can't fit on a pony. I take riding lessons and I am twelve years old. And to this day, I have never ridden a true horse. Just ponies. And I am not a puny person. I am above average in height and about average in weight so I'm no slimjim. Ponies are 14.2 hands or under and that is bigger than you think it is. Thirdly, Acorn shouldn't get his way all the time. It could be dangerous! I really hope that whoever wrote the previous review didn't truly believe that. I ride a difficult PONY during lessons and if I let him get his way all the time, I would have gotten hurt and so would other riders or their ponies and horses. Don't get me wrong, I would never, under any circumstances hurt a horse or pony. I sometimes hesitate to use a crop even when my instructors tell me it's alright. There's a difference between firm but kind and mean and creul. Lastly, the previous reviewer was wrong to call my previous review nasty. If it was her opinion that it was good and cool that ponies "leap" then it was her opinion. On the other hand, it was MY opinion that that was incorrect and sorta funny. If she thinks that the other person deserved an opinion on the matter than I do too. It's all a matter of freedom of speech. And by the way, I wasn't trying to be mean, I was just stating what I thought was true. There was no reason to call me or my review nasty. But then again, it WAS her opinion.

Clear up the Confusion

I just want to clear some confusion about a previous review. The reviewer obviously knows little or nothing at all about horses. First of all, if Anna had let Acorn do what he wants, then he could have put both Anna and himself in danger. I mean, think about it. Remember when Acorn started charging up Snow White's back? If Snow White wasn't such a well behaved pony, then she probably would have kicked Acorn. This could have resulted in Acorn getting sore and Anna getting bucked off. Second of all, horses are not measured in hands literally. Each "hand" is equal to four inches. So if a horse is 16 hands, then he would be 64 inches tall at the withers. Thirdly, there is a difference between horses and ponies. A horse under 14.2 hands is considered a pony. Lastly, I don't mean to be a nitpicker, but you do not "leap" a pony or horse over a jump. You jump! I mean come on. Leaping a pony. That is funny. But this book was another good installment in the Pony Pal series. Just as a last note, that review was a "poor excuse" of a review.

will anna keep acorn

this was the first pony pal book I read I really liked it.Anna has bad grades in school. her parents say if she don't get them up she will have to give Acorn up.will acorn have to move to another home.you need to read this book.

A Pony For Keeps

Anna is just like me!I have trouble with school and my mum keeps saying'if you don't get better grades no more Acorn!'Anna dosn't do well in school.Her parents take Acorn back to his dealer.Anna finds out that she is Dyslexic.So the Pony Pals form a plan to get Acorn back.Snowhite and Lightning miss Acorn.Can Anna keep Acorn?Find Out!

lucky Acorn

It is very interesting and exciting.Anna is lucky she can keep Acorn and Acorn is lucky he doesn't have to get an owner like Tomy Rand!