Bea and the New Deal Horse

What an interesting middle grade historical fiction! I'm always looking for authors who cover historical events in a unique way or those that cover lesser-known parts of history. L.M. Elliot did not disappoint with this book. CW: parental abandonment (sort of), injury of secondary character by a hor......more

What a gem! Set in the great depression it follows Bea mainly. A young girl who's father has left her and her younger sister behind to look for work. Leaving a note he tells them to go see their deceased mother's best friend and her mother; Mrs. Scott. Bea realizes their father left them at Mrs. Sco......more

I'm excited to discuss this with the group Kate Howe is gathering together for Middle Grade March at the end of the month. I think if you grew up loving horse books, this would be a great modern book to try. I enjoyed it, but it was a little too horse heavy for me. I think there may also have been t......more

Charming middle grade fiction set during the Great Depression. I would have loved if there was more focus on the relationships, both within the “found family” and with the broken family relationships.......more

A Maine Student Book Award nominee for 24|25. When Vivian and Bea are abandoned by their father in a hayloft in the depths of the Great Depression, they don’t know if the stoic owner of the horse farm would even take them in. Mrs. Scott is a stoic woman; but she is kind in her way. She agrees to tea......more