Sarah Lean
A Hundred Horses by Sarah Lean is a book for children between the ages of eight and twelve. The main character is a girl named Nell who lives with her divorced mother in the city. Her father, an electrician, abandoned the family. Because of this, Nell feels she has to hide her interest in electronics from her mother, who is a very stressed-out working mom.
When she has to go to a business conference over the spring holiday, Nell's mother sends Nell to stay with her sister, Nell's aunt, out in the country. At first Nell feels very uncomfortable in unfamiliar surroundings, but soon she makes friends with her aunt and cousins and the old lady who lives on a neighboring farm.
Then enters the next important protagonist, an orphaned runaway girl named Angel. Angel is surly and unfriendly at first, but she has a way with animals, particularly horses. The way Nell and Angel devise a way to save a crippled foal and the way Nell saves Angel from going back to an unhappy foster home are blended to combine friendship, self-discovery, and just a little bit of magic!
A really nice book with a happy and satisfying ending, it is available in our children's department with the call number JF Lean.S.
Marian
Librarian
Martinsburg Public Library
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