The Whole Sky (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442414051)

When a devastating sickness spreads through a thoroughbred farm community, a young horse whisperer is determined to find out why all the foals are dying in this tightly woven, tender coming-of-age novel from award-winning author Heather Henson.

Twelve-year-old Sky and her father are horse whisperers--their preternatural tenderness and understanding of horses, and Sky's uncanny ability to actually understand what they're saying become their livelihood during the foaling season at multimillion dollar horse farms. They're sought after by the most prestigious farms in the country to keep pregnant horses calm and stress-free until they give birth. But this spring, something awful is happening...foal after foal is a stillborn, and no one knows why. And worse for Sky, who lost her mother only months earlier, her most beloved horse is about to have her first foal. In agony, Sky takes it upon herself to figure out what the vets are missing, and stop it before even more foals are lost.

Author: Heather Henson
ISBN-10: 1442414057
ISBN-13: 9781442414051
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Language: English
Published: 08/22/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 190580 / Whole Sky


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 05/01/2017
Publishers Weekly 07/03/2017
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Heather Henson lives on a farm in Kentucky with her husband and three children, is the managing director of the Pioneer Playhouse, and is the author of several critically acclaimed picture books and novels, including Dream of Night, The Whole Sky, and the Christopher Award-winning That Book Woman.