Meeting of the Mustangs
By Cathy Kennedy
- Publication date: June 14, 2015
- Publisher: Cathy Kennedy
- Length: 78 pages
Age Level: 10 - 18
Grade Level: 5 - 12
ISBN 1530582342
- ASIN: B00ZQ4PAAU
Book Description:
For hundreds of years, generations of wild mustangs have roamed large parts of the western United States. Many of these magnificent animals can live their entire lives without ever seeing a single human being. Being completely self-sufficient, they inhabit the wilderness in groups, living together peacefully and posing no threat to any of the other animals with which they share the land.
Through knowledge that has been passed down to them from their ancestors, these horses are masters of survival and know what things to fear and how to protect themselves from those dangers.
This is the story of a special horse. His life begins much the same as the other young horses in his group, but will turn out to be much different. Through no fault of his own, he is separated from everything he has come to know and thrown into an entirely different way of life. Although his world changes drastically, his adventures continue until he finds himself in the unexpected position to repay a kindness that was once shown to him.
Friendship can sometimes be found in the least likely forms, in the most difficult times.
Book Review:
Meeting of The Mustangs
Author: Cathy Kennedy
Review By: Brittany Perez
(Oh My Bookness)
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September 5, 2016
Meeting of the Mustangs by Cathy Kennedy is a novella about a black colt who is born into a pack of Wild Mustangs. The young horse somehow becomes separated from the heard, his family, and is unsure what to do next but to venture to find them. Though on his adventures he finds the world not to be the kindest of place, being young and on his own there were many dangers he faced from humans , animals, and just the wilderness and long journey itself.
This is a simple and easy read and finding kindness and friends in the unlikely of places. The horses have memories, feelings , have needs and wants. It’s a cute story that is simply written, a child or adult who loves horses would enjoy this story. It’s not like black Beauty if any reader thinks back. This story stands on its own, there are people through out but not in long enough to make a notable mention. The people through out the story purely exist as a segue way to move the story along from one point to the next.
This story exist purely within the works of one’s own imagination along with a logistical sense of how the horses work, think and act. It’s a tale for horse lovers, it’s short, simple read with a ending that could have been extended a little longer. Once the horse comes back to repay a kindness shown to him. The interaction between this person returning to and others in the book is slightly longer. It would have been nice to know even though happiness was found, if this was a forever happily ever after or just an after. Even though we know a little what happens, and I understand leaving it up to the readers to form the rest, I just feel a little more information would of took the ending to a next level.
If you or your child loves horses and are looking for a simple, easy read I would recommended it. If you are looking for something with a little more substance an interaction between characters this may not be the best read. Overall it was a nice read, nicely written, with a look how it would be to be a horse on the outside looking in.
About the Author
Cathy Kennedy spent the first years of her life growing up in Pennsylvania before moving to South Florida at age 17. Her book, Meeting of the Mustangs, was started during her teenage years in Pennsylvania and would not be completed until many years later.The story of the wild mustangs is somewhat reflective of her life living in the country, where her family owned horses. She wanted to complete the book for younger readers who have a love for animals, and finally convinced herself that she should continue the story where she'd stopped writing many years before.She currently lives in Ohio with her husband and three rescued tuxedo cats.
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