The Girl on the High Diving Horse

A girl travels to Atlantic City with her father, a professional photographer, and is entranced by the diving horses at Steel Pier. SPOILER: She not only gets a chance to dive that summer (as a passenger), but grows up to become one of the divers. The author's and illustrator's notes at the end are as interesting as the story. The pictures are lovely and bring back memories of the beach and boardwalk in Atlantic City, where I also stayed as a child from Philadelphia.

This is another text that contains that same powerful thumbprint of listing and subject appropriate verbs. It really seems to be a stronger expression of Ted Lewin's connection to Atlantic City than that of Oatman High, but both pieces of this book are particularly strong. I sincerely enjoyed this story.

This book is about the story of a little girl and her photographer father who visit Atlantic City for the summer, and watch the girl on the high-diving horse on the pier while they are there visiting. The little girl dreams of becoming the girl on the horse, and visits the horses and their riders everyday her and her father are in Atlantic City. Finally, the day they are leaving Atlantic City to go back home to Philadelphia, the father allows the little girl to ride the horse off the high-dive with the professional rider. This is a good story, because it uses real elements that make it seem believable, because people really did dive on horses, and the places are real as well.
Age: Primary- Intermediate
Illustrations: Looks like show more watercolor paintings, sort of in a postcard feel
Genre: Historical Fiction show less

This historical fiction book tells the story of a young girl in the 1930s who goes to New Jersey with her Papa for the summer. Every day, she and her papa go to see the girl on the high-diving horse jump from the high platform into a pool of water. Her Papa takes photos or Ivy (the girl) with the two girls who ride the high-diving horses. Each day, Ivy goes to the stables and feeds and walks the horses, and hopes she will get to be able to ride on one some day. She gets very sad when she realizes that there are only a few days left before they have to go home to Philadelphia. She goes to see the high-diving horse, and is surprised when the girl lets her sit up on the horse while her papa takes a photo. She then goes up the ramp and gets show more to jump off the platform on the horse with the girl. Ten years later, when Ivy is eighteen, she becomes the girl on the high-diving horse. show less

This is about a girl who go to the boardwalk in Atlantic City to take pictures and she ends up falling in love with the famous high-diving horses. At the end of the summer, she is sad because she has to leave and can't see the horses anymore but her Papa connects her with one of the high-diving horse riders and she finally got to ride one.

This was not my favorite story. This story uses strong verbs and powerful words. It was over the readers heads. I don’t think that it held their interest. It add a realistic touch to this charming story.

This book is all about horse diving and and how this little girl has a dream to someday be able to dive from her own horse. This book describes her adventure as she goes to these famous horse diving shows and finally gets to dive herself from a horse. It is an example of a historical fiction book.