Girl on the High-Diving Horse
by Linda Oatman High
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Author: Linda Oatman HighIllustrator: Ted Lewin
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-21
ISBN: 0142402788
Number of pages: 40
Publisher: Puffin
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Book Review: Horses, the beach, and a little girl's summer of dreams
Summary: 5 Stars
Linda Oatman High and Ted Lewin vividly recreate Atlantic City in all its 1930's heydey with this magical tale of a young girl's summer vacation.
Ivy Cordelia accompanies her photographer father on assignment at the Steel Pier and immediately falls in love with the high-diving horses. The teenage sisters who ride the flying horses befriend the young girl, as does the star of the show, Red Lips. Before she and her father leave Atlantic City, she is rewarded with a ride off the platform and into the tank below. The story comes full circle when we learn that in the following decade, Ivy Cordelia becomes the girl on the high-diving horse herself.
Oatman High's language is rich with a young girl's awe and excitement as she witnesses the spectacles of Steel Pier and the "crazy-brave" horses and riders. The text becomes poetic when the horse jumps off the platform, enhancing the suspense one might feel watching a horse fly through the air. Lewin's realistic renderings, painted to resemble the linen photographic postcards of the time, immediately transport the reader into the Atlantic City of days past.
Adults reading the story will fondly reflect on how their favorite summers shaped their own lives. Children will gaze with wonder at the amazing scenes in the book and look forward to their summer adventures.
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