the wilderness lovers of survivers

Title: Julie of the Wolves

Author: Jean Craighead George

Published: Harper Trophy

First thing: I love this book. What is different about this book is the connection Miyax has for the wilderness and the wildlife. She learns that hardships are something that she must learn in order to survive. She must become one with the wolves in order to live. In this lifetime Miyax must trust her eskimo instincts in order to live.

Summary: Miyax like many adolescents, is torn. But unlike most, her choices may determine whether she lives or dies. At 13, an orphan, and unhappily married, Miyax runs away from her husband's parents' home, hoping to reach San Francisco and her pen pal. But she becomes lost in the vast Alaskan tundra, with no food, no shelter, and no idea which is the way to safety. Now, more than ever, she must look hard at who she really is. Is she Miyax, Eskimo girl of the old ways? Or is she Julie (her "gussak"-white people-name), the modernized teenager who must mock the traditional customs? And when a pack of wolves begins to accept her into their community, Miyax must learn to think like a wolf as well. If she trusts her Eskimo instincts, will she stand a chance of surviving?

Last thing: Grab this book and run with Miyax as she learns to survive, to use her eskimo instincts, and to become part of the wolves.

Childhood memory books

Title: Skippyjon Jones

Author: Judy Schanchner

Published: Dutton Juvenile

First thing: This is one of my little adventure kitty that I love. Skippyjon Jones is one of the little kitty boys that lets his imagination run wild. This book is another one that should be on the bookshelf for anyone. It is fun and witty and is down right cute. This book is filled with great beautiful drawings and something the kids would love.

Summary: Move over, Eloise and Olivia. Make room for SkippyjonJones, a Siamese kittenboy who can't resign himself to being an ordinary cat. Having a time-out in his room, he resorts to his imagination. Taking on the superhero persona of the great Spanish sword fighter Skippito, he has the adventure of his life, and readers are invited along. Zany, wild, and over-the-top, this utterly original book truly begs to be read aloud.

Last thing: The last thing I say is buy this book and let your imagination run wild with Skippyjon Jones.

Girls who love horses

Title: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Loading...

Author: Paul Goble

Published: Aladdin

First thing: When I read this book from my childhood memories I felt as if part of my childhood came to life. Every element of this book signifies just how much the little girl loves her equine friends. She has this connection that is deeper than anything that goes beyond to anyone that knows and loves something. This book entails a true sacred-spiritual love that will leave anyone wanting it for themselves. What is great about this book is the detail work; the drawings are so rich and color deep, the landscape all the way down to the smallest detail is a beautiful work.

Summary: For most people, being swept away in a horse stampede during a raging thunderstorm would be a terrifying disaster. For the young Native American girl in Paul Goble's 1979 Caldecott-winning masterpiece, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, it is a blessing. Although she loves her people, this girl has a much deeper, almost sacred connection to her equine friends. The storm gives her the opportunity to fulfill her dream--to live in a beautiful land among the wild horses she loves

Last thing: So go ahead and grab this book for yourself, your childhood memories, or for your childhood’s memory. It will leave you with a spiritual bond between what you are passion about and that you always love what you do.

the new year

Happy new years eveyone.
Have a safe year
a year of long love and wisdom
a year of something new and bright
a year of never giving up
a year to which endless wonders will always be there for you
and a year to never stop believing.

For the horse lovers

Title: The Horse Whisper

Author:  Nicholas Evans

Published: Dell

First thing:  The Horse Whisper is a book filled with love and devotion. The devotion part of this book is to get back on the horse sort of speak. This book left me with a sense of not giving up and always knowing that love will set you free.  .

Summary: A forty-ton truck hurtles out of control on a snowy country road, a teenage girl on horseback in its path. In a few terrible seconds the life of a family is shattered. And a mother's quest begins -- to save her maimed daughter and a horse driven mad by pain. It is an odyssey that will bring her to...

The Horse Whisperer

He is the stuff of legend. His voice can calm wild horses and his touch heal broken spirits. For secrets uttered softly into pricked and troubled ears, such men were once called Whisperers. Now Tom Booker, the inheritor of this ancient gift, is to meet his greatest challenge.

Annie Graves has traveled across a continent with her daughter, Grace, and their wounded horse, Pilgrim, to the Booker ranch in Montana. Annie has risked everything -- her career, her marriage, her comfortable life--in her desperate belief that the Whisperer can help them. The accident has turned Pilgrim savage. He is now so demented and dangerous that everyone says he should be destroyed. But Annie won't give up on him, for she feels his fate is inextricably entwined with that of her daughter, who has retreated into a heartrending, hostile silence. Annie knows that if the horse dies, something in Grace will die too.

In the weeks to come, under the massive sky of the Rocky Mountain Front, all their lives--including Tom Booker's--will be transformed forever in a way none could have foretold. At once an epic love story and a gripping adventure, The Horse Whisperer weaves an extraordinary tale of healing and redemption--a magnificent emotional journey that explores our ancient bonds with earth and sky and hearts untamed. It is a stirring elegy to the power of belief and self-discovery, to hopes lost and found again.

 Last thing: .  If you have seen ‘The Horse Whisper’ this is a must read. I was skeptical about reading this because of the movie, but it follows the same story line only the imagination of  how much hurt and pain they both carried.

book of tears

Title: If I Stay

Author: Gayle Forman

Published: Dutton Juvenile

First Thing: Let me say that this book gave me the chills and the flowing works of tears. I had never had a book that made me cry nonstop. This book made me connect with Mia in a deep-spiritual way that no one had.  Gayle produces this book like no other. Every element in this book woven into a delicate situation made me realize just how delicate our lives are.

Summary:  In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen year- old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck...

Last thing: In the end this book left me with tears of joy, sadness, heartache, and lifetime of overwhelming determination that Mia lives. So many things in this book will leave the reader into loving, wondering, and sadness about how delicate our lives are and how much we need to appreciate it.

The messenger series

Title: Dead on Delivery

Author: Eileen Rendahl

Published: Berkley Trade

First thing: If you Loved Don’t kill the Messenger then this is the second series of the book that you need. The characters are what brought the book into real life. The context of this book reeled me in and after a little time after I finished the book I could not wait for the third book to come.

Summary: There are two men who have bitten the dust after a delivery from Messenger Melina Markowitz. As she tries to put together the pieces of this puzzle, she discovers that the two victims share common friends, common unexplained absences, and a common crime. Now, dark forces from the local community have been unleashed, drawing Melina into the web of a powerful woman, her voodoo, and her vengeance…

Last thing: This book is great for anyone that loves adventure, a kick-ass woman, and witty comments.