Wild Thing

by Dandi Daley Mackall

Book Overview

Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. She can gentle the wildest mare, but other parts of her life don't always come as easily. Along with her dad and sister, Lizzy, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom, who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches her horses about unconditional love and blind trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted too. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0842355421
• ISBN13: 9780842355421
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Tyndale Kids
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.5" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Horse-loving great start to a series

For animal lovers, with lots of heart, excitement, and family relationships. I loved this introduction to a great group of likeable quirky people (like Catman and his family), and that you learn about horses themselves. I appreciate that its willing to contain deeper subjects, like Winnie surviving her mom's fatal accident and how her family goes forward, without making the reader depressed.

Wild Thing

I adore this book! I was hooked after I read it for the first time. I've read every one in the series, and can't wait until she writes more. This book has 3 very important ingredients to make a good book: God, family, and horses! You've gotta read this book!!

the BEST books ever written!

I borrowed this book from the library, and I loved it so much I bought it the next day! They're perfect with God, AND horse combined.I now have all 8 bookes in the series, and I love them so much that I don't read any thing else.I bet it took a big imagination to create such uniqe caracters as Catman and Barker.I would recomend these books to ANYONE!

*Wonderful*

I have read all three books in this series,and so far their the Best "EVER!" I can't Put into words how much I love these books.I have trouble finding horse books that put God Related stuff inthem.So I fell in love with these books.I am counting down daystill "Unhappy Appy" book #4 comes out in April.I LOVE these booksSO MUCH!!!!!!

This book rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I read some of Dandi Daley MacKall and loved them. I saw thi one in a store and thought I'd check it out. This book rocks! If you liked these books you should read Horsefeathers.

WILD THING is a winner!

If readers aren't totally interested in horses at the beginning of this book,they will be by the end of chapter one. Dandi Mackall triggers your interest in horses on the first couple of pages. The protagonist, Winnie Willis, loves horses--just like her mother did. In WILD THING, Winnie has a chance to buy the horse of her dreams. But she has a problem. How can she possibly raise enough money?And how can she convince her dad not to make them move again? WILD THING includes a page showing various parts of a horse, two pages of "Horse Talk," and a "Horse-O-Pedia."