Faith in a Long Shot

by Alice Leonhardt

Book Overview

Will it be victory - or tragedy - when Triple Crown fever hits the Thoroughbred series? When Image comes in second in the Florida Derby, Melanie and Jazz decide to enter her in the Kentucky Derby. Image has proven she has what it takes to win against colts. But competition will be tough. Image will be running against Wonder's Star, Gratis, and Celtic Mist. Will the race to win the Derby be Star's greatest success? Ages 8+

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060090499
• ISBN13: 9780060090494
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: HarperEntertainment
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

The next Ruffian!!!

Way to go Image! Persanlly, I'm glad Star got his Just Deserts! He deserved to lose. It would have been better though if Star had been able to really challenge Image, but still lose, proving that Image was better!!!!! Yeah, that would have been cool. A battle to the wire! Eye to eye!!! All, in all a great book! Buy it if you wanted to see Image win or Star get his butt kicked big time!!!! Too bad Image won't be able to win the Triple Crown. Hey, auther, at least let Jinx win it! And I think Jinx should be the one bred to Image, not Star or Celtic Mist!!! Once he's done racing, of course!!

The Derby was the best

I think that this book was a jolly good lift to the series. I've been reading the Thoroughbred books lately, and the last few were a little bolicks. The Derby was a brilliant race, and I'm glad that Image won because the deserved it. It also had a twist in it when Image broke her leg. That part was sad. The only down side to the book was the fact that Chris was being a real jerk, and I wish that she'd smarten up a little.

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD BOOK!!!!

This book was so good! It was about the Kentucky Derby, what do ya know! :) One reason why I really liked this book it because it doesn't have a lot of dating in it. Finally! One reason I disliked it was because Brad was NICE! Can you beleive it! I mean, it good that he's being nice, but he isn't supposed to be! He's supposed to be arrogant! Anyway, besides that this book was really good! Here is what it's about: When Image comes in second in the Florida Derby Melanie and Jazz are overjoyed. With high hopes, they decide to enter her to race in the Kentucky Derby. Image proved in the Florida Derby she has what it takes to win against colts. But her competition at the derby will be really tough. Image will be running against Christina's Wonder's Star, Cindy's Gratis, and Brad's Celtic Mist. Winning the race is a long shot. To add to the presure the racing reporters are making a huge deal because a filly and a girl are racing in the Derby. Ashleigh and Mike, Melanie's Aunt and Uncle who own Whitebroook farm where Melanie lives, get frusterated and annoyed because the phone starts ringing off the hook and reporters attack the farm. Does Melanie have enough faith in Image, and herself, to make her derby dreams come true? Read the book to find out what happens in the Kentucky Derby! (the book doesn't end at the KD though, it has a really cool ending)

AWESOME!

...Now I'll ...tell you that this IS ONE OF THE BEST Thoroughbred books!! Mel and Christina have a HUGE misunderstanding and things get really tense, so Mel goes to Townsend Acres for a while, at Parker's suggestion. I don't want to ruin this book for anyone, so I'll just say it's got a lot of ups and downs, plus one absolutely amazing ending!!(It even allows for the romance!!)

Heart warming, Heart breaking and well awesome!

I just finshed Faith in a Long Shot and all I can say is WOW! I had my copy reserved and under the desk, ready for my mother to go and pick it up that night. I quickly devoure the book shortly after I had it in my hands, finshing it in just 2 days.I could practically feel the tension mounting with the Derby coming up and this IS the Derby book. I will not give much away, but all I can say is wow.All I am going to tell about the book is Melanie DEFINATELY races Image in the Derby and she is scared that she will lose her friendship with Christinia. Also, I will add many people whom hated Brad will have a new respect for him, because I certainly do. What he did for Melanie was incredible. It was a heart warming story. I cried towards the end of the bookThis was worth the buy, definately better than the past ones, all Thoroughbred fans will enjoy it. Also, it seems a relationship with Mel and Jazz sprouts. I enjoyed this book, it was awesome, worth the wait and the buy. It felt like I was right there with Mel.