{"id":5439,"date":"2011-06-14T11:52:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T15:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegreathorse.com\/?p=5439"},"modified":"2017-06-04T14:18:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T18:18:05","slug":"the-golden-spark-appropriate-for-almost-all-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/2011\/06\/the-golden-spark-appropriate-for-almost-all-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Spark \u201c\u2026appropriate for almost all ages”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The following is a pre-publication review of The Golden Spark<\/em><\/strong> by LibraryThing Early Reviewer <\/em>SusieBookworm<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Library Thing Early Reviewer | SusieBookworm<\/a><\/h3>\n

\nJust as good as the first Legend of the Great Horse book.<\/p>\n

I like John Royce’s writing because he manages to write historical fiction that includes not only good historical details, but also details about the history of domestic horses and the evolution of horse riding. Not only does he include a lot of facts about horses, he manages to make those facts interesting for people who are not really that interested in horses.<\/p>\n

Royce also keeps his books appropriate for almost all ages of readership: teenagers are able to get into and enjoy the books, yet they are still appropriate for much younger readers. <\/p>\n

After traveling to prehistoric times, the Mongol invasions, medieval Europe, 1500s Mexico, 17th century France, and early 19th century England, it will be interesting to see where the Great Horse takes Meagan next. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

See review on LibraryThing…<\/strong><\/a>
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The Golden Spark<\/em><\/strong> is the 2nd book of The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong> trilogy, an intriguing and fun time-travel adventure through history — on horseback. (Published Spring 2011)<\/p>\n

Book I: Eclipsed by Shadow<\/em><\/strong> won national awards including the Eric Hoffer Award<\/em> for best Young Adult Fiction, and the 2010 Mom’s Choice Award<\/em> for best family-friendly Young Adult Fantasy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like John Royce\u2019s writing because he manages to write historical fiction that includes not only good historical details, but also details about the history of domestic horses and the evolution of horse riding. Not only does he include a lot of facts about horses, he manages to make those facts interesting for people who are not really that interested in horses.—SusieBookworm, LibraryThing Early Reviewer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[253],"tags":[118,355,82,16,62,262,40,28,84,271,72],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15287,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions\/15287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}