Ruth and the Blue Horse
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July's front cover features the hardback version of Paula Danziger's Thames Doesn't Rhyme with James, using an illustration by Joe Csatari. The book is published by Heinemann and we're grateful to them for their help. For further details see the Authorgraph interview with Paula Danziger.
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Ruth and the Blue Horse
Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
When her family move out of their farm to a quiet house with no animals but the family cats, Ruth grieves for the life and the lives she's had to abandon. Then she befriends a strange blue horse in a nearby field, who seems to understand her feelings, and even her language. For a while, Ruth is comforted, but when she attempts to make new friends, it becomes apparent that the horse is a source of disruptive passion rather than consolation. This is a haunting and enigmatic book, presenting an unusually indeterminate ending after an alarming climax. Highly recommended for fluent and newly independent readers in search of something different.
