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Author:

Smiley, Jane.

Title:

The Georges and the Jewels / Jane Smiley ; with illustrations by Elaine Clayton.

Edition:

1st Yearling ed.

Publisher:

Yearling,

Copyright Date:

2010, c2009

Description:

232 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Horses--Training--Juvenile fiction.
Ranch life--California--Juvenile fiction.
Families--California--Juvenile fiction.
Christian life--Juvenile fiction.
California--History--1950---Juvenile fiction.
Horses--Training--Fiction.
Ranch life--California--Fiction.
Family life--California--Fiction.
Christian life--Fiction.
California--History--1950---Fiction.
Horses--Training--Fiction.
Ranch life--California--Fiction.
Family life--California--Fiction.
Christian life--Fiction.
California--History--20th century--Fiction.
California--History--1950---Fiction.

Other Authors:

Clayton, Elaine, ill.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

Summary:

Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life.

ISBN:

0375862285 (pbk.)
9780375862281 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)495271429

Locations:

WCPC115 -- Alta Community Library (Alta)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)