Abby Malone

by Shelley Peterson

Book Overview

Her first novel, Dancer, continues to be a Canadian bestseller and now Shelley Peterson brings you her eagerly-awaited second novel, Abby Malone. Abby is a young teenager striving to make things work... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889842078
• ISBN13: 9780889842076
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Porcupine's Quill
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 14 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

FANTASTICAL

This book as soon as I read thefirst chapeter had me. It is filled with excitement, adventure and real life problems. I think that dancer is more of a real life fairytale but abby malone has her ups and downs and it has a great ending. You also get to know the characters through the book and there is a great twist. It is also kind of a mystery and of course it has that touch of romance, which is not in the book all the time. It kind of just comes into it now and then. But readers of this book will find themselves taken away in th life of abby, (thats my name too!!!) and the mare that she rides Moonlight Sonata.

good

this book was really cool. i liked how abbys life wasnt perfect and she didnt have a super horse like in the previous book,dancer. she had ups and downs, good and bad things happen to her all through the book. i couldnt even guess the ending either which was good. the only diss i could make about this book is that it some times tended to jump all over the place and go off the subject at some points~ but it was good through and through

Wonderful for all ages!!!!

From the moment I started reading this book, I knew it would be just as good, if not better than, Dancer. And I was right! This heartfelt novel displays so many emotions to the reader and keeps you interested. This is not just a teenager's book, adults would love it also. I strongly encourage EVERYONE who has a love of horses to read this book right away!

A Masterpiece of Fiction

With Dancer, Shelley Peterson launched herself as a wonderful young adult fiction writer. She wrote a timely and beautiful tale about a girl and her horse, about love and humanity.With Abby Malone, she surpasses herself tenfold. While it remains an excellent piece of young adult fiction, Peterson has created a timeless classic, appealing to all age levels. As is nearly impossible in an optimistic manner, she deals with the darker sides of humanity, with deception and betrayal, all the while maintaining a gripping plot that keeps you turning the pages to find out what happens next. As a 25-year-old literature lover, I am not ashamed to classify Abby Malone among my favorite all time books, across all genres.I can only wait to see what literary gift Peterson delivers us with her next work.

As good as Dancer!

I loved Dancer, and as soon as I saw Abby Malone hit the shelves I knew I had to get it. Abby is a girl who, unlike Mousie, the heroine of Dancer, doesn't own her dream horse. She has her eye on Moonlight Sonata, a beautiful mare, and is lucky enough to get the chance to ride her, after a very interesting incident. A more real life novel, Abby has to deal with serious problems, like an alcohalic mother, and a father in jail for a crime she beleives he didn't do. I loved the action and suspense, and truly felt Abby's emotions as she dealt with cruel reality. Once again, Ms. Peterson has written a fabulous novel, and think animal lovers everywhere will love Abby Malone as much as I do. It was a great touch to have Mousie 'drop by' in it, now soon-to-bemarried to her love from Dancer. I hope Ms. Peterson gives us another novel as fabulous as Abby Malone and Dancer, but in the meantime I'll have to be content re-reading them over and over and over. I know I'll never get tired of the excitement and thrill these books bring.