Treylee



Dear Mr. McFadden, I am still reading “The Hearts of Horses” it has gotten more interesting lately. Oregon in 1970 looked about how it does right now here in Wyoming, or that’s at least the way the book is describing it so far. Martha is taming all of the horses in a big giant loop, or so they called it back in the olden days, this loop is a big circle of ranches in which Martha travels everyday in-between them breaking horses along the way. Martha has just settled upon her first conflict, she had just arrived to the next ranch in her loop when one of the owners came loping over a hill, asking for help because a wagon had lost its balance and rolled over with the horses on to a steep hill, traumatizing the Belgian drafts. This is what I have read so far in “The Hearts of Horses.” Treylee

October 7, 2009 Dear Treylee, Imagine you reading a book about horses! I have a little horse fanatic under my roof, and he can’t get enough of them. Every night I have to tell him a “horsie story” before he’ll go to sleep. I think that it is pretty much inevitable that we will have a horse at some point. So what does 1917 Oregon look like? Does Martha “gentle” these wild horses on some type of ranch? Who does she work for? What sorts of conflicts does she face? I have been trying to get my hands on a book called //The Horse Boy//. It is a nonfiction memoir about a dad who connects with his autistic son through horses. Here is a link to some info about the story: [|The Horse Boy]. The public library has it on CD, but not in book form, and I’d rather read it than listen to it. The public library does have a whole lot of young adult fiction related to horses, though. When you’re ready for a new book, that might be a good place to look. Describing yourself as a “consistent” reader is very insightful on your part. Reading consistently and often can only help you as a reader and as an individual. Glad to have you in class, Treylee. Happy reading, Mr. McFadden