The Gift

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The Gift

Rebecca J. Hubbard

All eleven-year old Pip wanted was a best friend. When Pip gets a horse for her birthday she is delighted. She thinks that the horse she names Buck will be her best friend from the moment that they meet. But she finds out that friendship does not come that easily. Her father gently guides her so that Pip can discover for herself how to make Buck a true friend. Pip's new friend, Buck, has a story of his own. After leaving his own herd, to move to Pip's house, he is looking for a relationship that will help him feel safe. He, too, learns that making a friend takes patience and understanding.

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Book Details

Genre:

Juvenile Fiction

Age Level:

8 - 12

The Gift review by cowboys1

If you would like to learn a little bit about how to act around horses or how to teach a horse to be used to human contact then this is a good book for you.

It is a little unique because the first part of the story is written in the point of view of the main character, an 11 year old named Pip. She desperately wanted a horse. When she finally received one from her father, she desperately wanted to be friends with it. She became easily discouraged when the horse would not warm up to her and often ran away from her.