Not on a White Horse

by Nancy Springer

Book Overview

From the day twelve-year-old Rhiannon spots a lost white Arabian gelding in the woods near her small Pennsylvania mining town, her life finds a focus as she learns to deal with family problems and decides the direction her life will take.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689313667
• ISBN13: 9780689313660
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: First Glance Books
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Long Time Favorite

I read this book when it first came out, in the eighties, and read it so many times it finally fell apart. I remember this book so vividly years and years latter. As an adult it will be interesting to see what I think about it now. I would really encourage any young girls in grade 5/6 to read this book. My mom told me that my aunt had gotten curious about this book, that she saw me reading over and over, and carrying it around with me. So when I had accidentaly left it at her house, she read it, and really enjoyed it. Anyway, read it, enjoy it.

So Good

One reason I like Nancy Springer is she manages to weave so much more besides horses into her stories. Not On A White Horse is a perfect example. I read it so many times, when I had it. This book showcases one girl, Riannon, just before her teenage years, in a dead end town with a horrible family life. Then there is Angel, a hard headed white arabian who would rather be free wandering the hills than be captured. And then there are the people who own him, who give Ri a second home and her horse dreams. Very good! I wish it weren't out of print!

Not on a White Horse

This book is so awesome!I fell in love with this book because it is so realistic.It shows real problems that real families in today's societies have to face.The events in it do not occur like fairy tales,but,instead,occur like many in my own life.It is a book that just about everyone can relate to at one time in their life.It let's people know that there is not a person in the world who doesn't have problems like they do.It made me realize how selfish I was to feel sorry for myself when there are other people out there with lives much worse than my own.I was mystified for weeks at how true and realistic this book was. It tuned me into the real world that lay beyond my thoughts that everyone's life was perfect but mine.