The Georges and the Jewels : Book One of the Horses of Oak Valley Ranch

Resumen del libro

Pulitzer Prize winner makes her debut for young readers.

Abby Lovitt has been riding horses for as long as she can remember, but Daddy hasn't let her name a single one. He calls all their geldings George and their mares Jewel and warns her not to get attached. The horses are there on the ranch to be sold, plain and simple.

But with all the stress at school (the Big FourLinda, Mary A., Mary N., Joanhave turned against her) and home (nothing feels right with her brother, Danny, gone), Abby can't help but seek comfort in the Georges and the Jewels, who greet her every day with soft nickers.

Except for one: the horse who won't meet her gaze, the horse who bucks her off, the horse Daddy insists she ride and train. Abby knows not to cross her father, but she knows, too, that she can't get back on Ornery George. And suddenly the horses seem like no refuge at all.

From Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley comes an emotionally charged and action-filled novel for young readers, set in the vibrant landscape of 1960s California horse country.

Biografía del autor

(Los Ángeles, California, 1949). Es autora de una veintena de obras de ficción y ensayo. Desde 2001 forma parte de la Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Letras. En Sexto Piso hemos publicado La edad del desconsuelo (1987; 2019), Un amor cualquiera (1989; 2020), La mejor voluntad (1989; 2021) y Heredarás la tierra (1991; 2023), que le valió el Premio Pulitzer de narrativa y el Premio Nacional de la Crítica (National Book Critics Circle Award). Un poco de suerte (2014; Sexto Piso 2025) es la primera parte de la Trilogía de los cien años, a la que le siguen Una advertencia (2015) y La edad dorada (2015).