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Wind Dancer

by Chris Platt
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Can a rescued horse help Ali get through to her brother, who has returned from Afghanistan with PTSD?
Ali used to love horses. But that was before the accident, when she was injured and her pony died. Before her brother Danny joined the military.
 
Now Danny has returned from Afghanistan. He’s learning to walk with the prosthetic that has replaced one of his legs, but he can’t seem to find a way to reconnect with family and friends. Withdrawn and quick to anger, Danny suffers from terrible nightmares and frightening mood changes.
 
When Ali realizes that an elderly neighbor has been neglecting her horses, she decides she has to act. Can Ali rise above her painful memories and love a horse again? And can Wind Dancer, also injured and traumatized, help Danny rediscover meaning in his life?
 

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  • Release date

    October 7, 2014

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781480434530

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781480434530
      • File size: 1900 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.6
    • Lexile® Measure: 660
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      March 15, 2014
      Platt returns with another well-worn horse story. Thirteen-year-old Ali hasn't owned a horse since her pony, Max, broke his leg in an accident two years previously. Now, an increasingly senile neighbor seems to be starving her two Appaloosa horses, and Ali's best friend convinces her to sneak into the neighbor's barn at night to check on the animals. After animal control takes possession of the horses, Ali's parents act to put the horses into her care, hoping to rekindle her interest in riding. Meanwhile, her older brother, Danny, is suffering physically and mentally from injuries he received fighting in Afghanistan. Can caring for the abused horses help heal these siblings? Of course it can. The plot broadcasts itself from the opening chapter. The emotional changes happen a bit too fast to feel realistic, and vague, puzzling references to Ali's riding accident--which she feels somehow caused her brother to join the Army, thus placing the blame for his injuries on her--should have been either eliminated or more fully explained. The abuse and rehabilitation of the horses is handled well, however, fully developed without sensationalism or melodrama. A sweet ending points to a more hopeful future. Not ground-breaking but one of Platt's better works; horse-crazy kids will love it, as always. (Fiction. 8-13)

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Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.6
  • Lexile® Measure:660
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:3

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