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Hollywood #2: Juniper and Able (American Horse Tales, Band 2) - Softcover

Buch 2 von 6: American Horse Tales

Clark, Samantha M.

 
9780593225271: Hollywood #2: Juniper and Able (American Horse Tales, Band 2)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0593225279 ISBN 13: 9780593225271
Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Set in modern-day California, this American Horse Tale is the story of a young girl who, along with her family's horse, is destined for the big screen.

Juniper is a young girl who dreams of making it big in the movies along with her horse, Able. In particular, Juniper is obsessed with getting Able onto her favorite television show, Castle MacAvoy, and will do anything, even slay dragons, to make that happen. Hollywood is part of a series of books written by several authors highlighting the unique relationships between young girls and their horses.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Samantha M. Clark is the award-winning author of The Boy, The Boat, And The Beast and the forthcoming Arrow, both published by Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster. She lives with her husband and two kooky dogs in Austin, Texas. Samantha is the Regional Advisor for the Austin chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, and explores wardrobes every chance she gets.

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Chapter 1: The Big Chance

 
Juniper gripped the reins tighter as her horse sped across the paddock. Balancing carefully, she pulled her right leg up and over her horse’s back. She crouched on the stirrup at his side, and when her target was near, Juniper thrust out her arm.
 
“Take that, fire breath!” she shouted, brandishing her makeshift sword into the air. “We got it, Able. We got the dragon!”
 
As the horse sped away, Juniper pushed up onto Able’s back again. She flipped around so she was sitting backward, then grinned at the massive elm tree they had just passed, its crooked branches like clawed arms reaching out to catch them.
 
Juniper patted her horse’s side as he slowed to a trot. “If that really was a dragon, Able, we could’ve taken it. You and me—­we’re the best team ever, right?”
 
She peered over her shoulder as Able neighed, nodding his head as though he agreed wholeheartedly.
 
Juniper spun around to face forward and said, “Let’s go again. This time, let’s circle around, like Lady Penelope does on Castle McAvoy.”
 
Able’s ears twitched as Juniper hunched over his neck, then the horse took off.
 
“Woo-­hoo!” Juniper shouted. “Watch out, all ye drag—­”
 
The rest of her war cry got stuck in her throat. A figure over by the stables caught her eye. It was someone who wasn’t supposed to be there. Someone who had said he’d be working in his office for at least the next hour.
 
Juniper quickly pulled back on Able’s reins.
 
“Abort! Abort!” she said, steering the horse toward the stable. With a nervous laugh, she whispered, “The real dragon is watching us now.”
 
Juniper’s father shook his head as they trotted toward him.
 
“What are you still doing in the paddock?” Her father took hold of Able’s reins while Juniper slid from her horse’s back. “Able’s supposed to be cleaned, fed, and resting by now.”
 
“I was going to . . . ,” Juniper began, trying to think of an answer that didn’t include swords or dragons, but nothing came to her mind.
 
Her father brushed dust off Able’s side. “You can’t clean him from the saddle, you know.” His eyes dropped to Juniper’s waist, then narrowed. “And why is the rasp tucked into your belt?”
 
Oops! Juniper looked down and yanked the rasp out from where she had secured it tightly between her belt and her jeans. She waved it in the air like she was using it to attack an enemy. “It was my sword?” Each word was filled with uncertainty, as though it wanted to run back into her mouth and hide.
 
“Wait, don’t tell me: A troll is on the grounds, and you just had to protect the ranch.” Her dad’s lips loosened like there was a possibility of a smile inside them.
 
Juniper jumped on the chance to bring it out. “A dragon, actually. Fifteen feet high! No . . . twenty! And it was getting ready to burn the whole kingdom—­uh, ranch—­down, and everything in it. You, me, Mom, Rose—­everyone. Remember what the dragon did in the last episode of Castle McAvoy? Able and I couldn’t let that happen here. We had to save you guys.” She ventured a grin.
 
“A dragon, huh? In the paddock?”
 
“A huge one,” Juniper said. “The exact size of that tree, in fact.” She pointed at the old elm with the claw-­like branches.
 
Her father looked at the tree, then back at Juniper. “So, what you’re saying is, if you didn’t have to battle a dragon to save our ranch, you would’ve had Able brushed by now?” He raised one eyebrow, and a giggle bubbled up inside Juniper.
 
She nodded. “Exactly.”
 
“Okay.” Her father whirled around and faced the tree. He stood tall and raised his arms wide.
 
“Dragon!” her father shouted. “I, King Paul of Ranch Bar K, demand that you halt your threat until . . .” He paused, glancing at Juniper. “Tomorrow afternoon, after school! Be gone until then, oh fiery dragon . . . thing.”
 
He turned to Juniper, slapping his hands together like he’d just finished a job well done.
 
“There. You can pick up where you left off tomorrow, but after you’ve finished your homework.” He smiled. “Deal?”
 
Juniper bowed low. “Your wish is my command, my king.”
 
“Good, because I need Able happy and healthy tomorrow.” He rubbed the horse’s nose. “He might have a job.”
 
Juniper’s eyes grew wide. “Really? You think he’s ready?”
 
Her father nodded. “He’s been doing great with you here at the ranch. And this role sounds perfect for him.”
 
“What it is?” Juniper wiggled her fingers back and forth at her side, excitement building within her.
 
“It’s . . .” Her father held on to his next word, and the suspense bit into Juniper.
 
“What?” she pressed. Then she saw the twinkle in her father’s eye.
 
“Wait! It isn’t . . . Is it . . . Do they want him for . . .” Juniper gulped. “Castle McAvoy?”
 
Her father cracked another smile, and Juniper released all her excitement in a jump and an “AAAAHHHH!”
 
But her father put up his hands. “Don’t get too excited. They like his photo, but he hasn’t got the part yet. And while he’s been doing well with you here, he doesn’t have any experience on a set with different handlers. He needs lots of rest tonight so he’ll be less stressed tomorrow.”
 
“He’ll do great.” Juniper began to undo the straps of the saddle on Able’s back. “Won’t you, Able? You’ll be the best horse on the show.”
 
“Well, we’ll find out when he auditions on the set in the morning,” her father said, grabbing a brush and holding it out for Juniper. “You just make him shine.”
 
“I can go with you.” Juniper laid her hand on Able’s back, her tummy flopping inside her as she willed her father to say yes. “You’ll need someone to take care of Able while you’re talking to Fay and all the other studio suits.”
 
“You’re eleven,” her father said. “Eleven-­year-­olds are in school on Thursdays.”
 
“But Able will need me, especially since it’s his first time.”
 
“He’ll do just fine with me. Won’t you, boy?” Her father rubbed Able’s nose, and the horse nickered.
 
Juniper bit her lip. She had to say something to get her dad to take her. “But there are kids on Castle McAvoy, and they go to the studio.”
 
“They’re actors, and they go to school on the set.”
 
“I could—­” she started, but her father cut her off.
 
“We’ve talked about this, Junebug. We’re the trainers. The animals are the actors in this family.” Her father...

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Verlag
Penguin Young Readers Group
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0593225279
ISBN 13 
9780593225271
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
160
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