Beauty
by Bill Wallace
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Unhappy about his parents splitting up and moving with his mother to Grandpa's farm, eleven-year-old Luke finds comfort in riding and caring for a horse named Beauty.Tags
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I read this book for the first time when I was a horse-crazy little girl. I absolutely loved it then and I still enjoy re-reading it. It is a wonderful story, especially appealing to horse-crazy children.
By the age 11 Luke’s parent’s had split up and left him and his mother to live together. With his mothers job making lay offs they had to do something for money. So Luke’s mother decided that moving to Oklahoma with Luke’s grandpa would be the best for the both of them. Upon arriving there he finds that he hates Oklahoma and isn’t so fond of his grandpa either. But as time goes by Luke finds that he is fond of a horse named Beauty.
The first time I had heard this book was when I was in fifth grade my teacher read it to our class and ever since then I have been in love with this book. I feel that this book hits home for me in the sense that being with horses brings comfort.
You could have the students think about times that they show more didn’t like what they had to do but found something that made them happy along the way. You could also have them write a compare and contrast paper. show less
The first time I had heard this book was when I was in fifth grade my teacher read it to our class and ever since then I have been in love with this book. I feel that this book hits home for me in the sense that being with horses brings comfort.
You could have the students think about times that they show more didn’t like what they had to do but found something that made them happy along the way. You could also have them write a compare and contrast paper. show less
Unhappy about his parents splitting up and moving with his mother to Grandpa's farm, eleven-year-old Luke finds comfort in riding and caring for a horse named Beauty.
This is a great book for anyone who is obbsessed with horses like me! i am an 11 year old girl and have just read this book for the first time. You will not want to put down this book. i will leave you in suspense by sayin g a few words. At the end of this story something incredibly sad happens that almost made me cry. No skipping ahead!!! And you wont believe it till you get to it!!!!
Luke’s parent’s had split up and left him and his mother. Luke’s mother decided to move to Oklahoma. Upon arriving, Luke finds that he hates Oklahoma and isn’t so fond of his grandpa either. But as time goes by Luke finds that he is fond of a horse named Beauty.
when this boy and his mom move out to the country with his grandpa . his grandpa buys him an older horse witch becomes the boys best friend when the boy has to kill his horse on his owne tragedy strikes:(
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Bill Wallace was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma on August 1, 1947. He received a B. S. from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in 1971 and a M. S. in elementary administration from Southwestern State University in 1974. Before becoming a full-time author, he was a physical education instructor, a classroom teacher, and the principal for show more the same school he had attended as a child. His first book, A Dog Called Kitty, was published in 1980. He wrote more than 30 children's books during his lifetime including Danger on Panther Peak, Trapped in Death Cave, Red Dog, Buffalo Gal, Danger in Quicksand Swamp, Beauty, Aloha Summer, Watchdog and the Coyotes, and Coyote Autumn. He also co-wrote seven books with his wife Carol Wallace including The Flying Flea, Callie, and Me; That Furball Puppy and Me; Bub Moose; Bub, Snow, and the Burly Bear Scare; and The Meanest Hound Around. He received Oklahoma's Arrell M. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 as well as 22 child-voted state awards. He died of cancer on January 30, 2012 at the age of 64. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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