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Heartbreak Hills by Sharon Siamon reviewed by Amelia 11-09-011

__Heartbreak Hills__ by Sharon Siamon is a book for horse-lovers who love adventure and a feeling of freedom. The genre is realistic fiction. The story is told mainly from Liv's point of view but sometimes switches to Sophie (her sister). I really liked Liv but wasn't so crazy about her sister, Sophie. When Liv's grandma gets sick, she, Sophie, and their mom have to go and take care of their Spanish horse ranch called the Lucky Star. Liv tries out for the drill team and makes it after a close call and a nice save but has to give it up when she learns that they are leaving to go back home to Vancouver. One day Liv is so overcome with sadness at leaving the ranch that she goes out for an early morning trail ride on her spanish quarter horse cross, Cactus Jack. Unfortunately she sees some horse wrestlers called Coyotes that chase her and she gets thrown off of Cactus Jack. She has a broken arm and lies there for five hours while Cactus Jack runs home and the ranch hand and family friend Shane comes to her rescue. However, Liv gets a crush on Shane (who is also Sophie's crush) and it's totally obvious. When Shane borrows Cactus Jack for the rodeo, a bull gets turned loose and hurts Cactus Jack, who was the hero and saved a lady's life. Will Liv and Sophie have to leave the ranch? Are the coyotes going to steal the Lucky Star's herd? And how are Sophie and Liv going to resolve their difficult love lives? The characters are very well described but you'll have to read the book to find out what happens!

(mrs milling- my computer doesn't let me put a picture of the book cover on here so on tuesday I'll fix it during seminar.)

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