{"id":7045,"date":"2011-06-21T15:28:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T19:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegreathorse.com\/?p=7045"},"modified":"2017-06-04T12:53:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T16:53:32","slug":"my-kids-and-i-loved-the-golden-spark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/2011\/06\/my-kids-and-i-loved-the-golden-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of ‘The Golden Spark’: “My kids and I LOVED this book!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LibraryThingThe following is a LibraryThing Early Review<\/em> for The Golden Spark<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Book #2 of The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong> trilogy:<\/p>\n

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

\nI was excited when I found out that I had won a copy of The Golden Spark<\/strong> to review. Many thanks to Library Thing<\/strong><\/em> and the Early Reviewers group for the opportunity to review this book!<\/p>\n

The Golden Spark<\/strong><\/em>, book 2 in The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong> series opens with the last chapter of book 1 in the series, Eclipsed by Shadow<\/em>. It follows the adventures of a young horse-loving teenager, Meagan who is lost in history trying to find her way home to the 21st century.<\/p>\n

Meagan\u2019s first magical journey finds her waking up in a horse stall with a magnificent horse as a fierce storm is tossing the great ship to and fro. She soon finds out she is in Mexico around 1519 and she has only her love of horses and her 21st-century horse knowledge to help her as she struggles to get home.<\/p>\n

History comes to life as her journey takes her from Mexico 1519 to Medieval Europe, Rome, the Black Sea and to 20,000 B.C. North America. With each stop Meagan searches for the Great Horse whom she believes is responsible for her time travels and is the only one who can help her find her way home.<\/p>\n

My kids and I LOVED this book! It brings history to life and we sat on the edge of our seats while we read this book.<\/p>\n

I do, however recommend reading these books in order as it was a bit difficult to follow along with the second book without having read the first one. I\u2019m looking forward to reading book 1, Eclipsed by Shadow!<\/p>\n

See the review on LibraryThing…<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"graphicThe Golden Spark<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is the 2nd book of The Legend of the Great Horse<\/b> trilogy<\/em>, an award winning time-travel adventure through history\u2014on horseback! The story follows the journey of a modern horsewoman lost in the distant past.<\/p>\n

The trilogy books have won multiple national awards including the 2009 Eric Hoffer Award<\/b> for best Young Adult Fiction, and the 2010 Mom\u2019s Choice Award<\/b> for best family-friendly Young Adult Fantasy.<\/p>\n

Further information about this unique ‘creative non-fiction’ novel can be found at TheGreatHorse.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE GOLDEN SPARK, book 2 in The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong> trilogy, opens with the last chapter of book 1 in the series, ECLIPSED BY SHADOW. It follows the adventures of a young horse-loving teenager, Meagan who is lost in history trying to find her way home to the 21st century.—Library Thing 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":[59,253],"tags":[118,355,82,16,62,40,28,84,195,271,72],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7045"}],"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=7045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15224,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7045\/revisions\/15224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}