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Gigi Amateau: Chancey of the Maury River.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
From:
The Horn Book Magazine
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May 1, 2008| Author:
Burkam, Anita L.
| COPYRIGHT 2008 Horn Book, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Gigi Amateau Chancey of the Maury River 246 pp. Candlewick 5/08 ISBN 978-0-7636-3439-1 $15.99 (g) (Intermediate, Middle School)
The sentimental horse story is revived to magnificent effect in this moving novel. Written in an erudite first-person that owes a debt to Black Beauty, the tale of Chancey the albino Appaloosa begins with his abandonment in a field and progresses to his rehabilitation in the Maury River Stables, where Chancey becomes the project of ten-year-old ...
