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The God of Animals: A Novel
 

The God of Animals: A Novel

by Aryn Kyle

The Significant Seven Spotlight Title, March 2007: Aryn Kyle's haunting coming-of-age novel is the kind of book that you want to share with everyone you know. Twelve-year-old Alice Winston is growing up fast on her father's run-down horse ranch--coping with the death of a classmate and the absence of her older sister (who ran off with a rodeo cowboy), trying to understand her depressed and... (read more)

Top tags: coming of age,  horses,  fiction,  family,  contemporary fiction (all tags)

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Liked It

VINCENT YUAN
  • Rated 5 stars

“This book seems interesting, but if your not interested into horses or something related to horses, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!! I had a hard time reading it and multiply times while I was reading it on the subway, I would fall asleep. This book is about this girl named Alice who is left on a farm with his father and his mother. His mother stays in bed and doesn't move. Her father teaches people how to ride horse and her sister had left to marry a cowboy. Alice has to deal with his father and how...”

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Ginger M
  • Rated 2 stars

“Interesting story from a woman's memories of her childhood. The narrator is the young girl (woman) who lives on a horse ranch with her parents.

A lot of loose ends, some points were boring, all in all a good 'beach reach'.”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.966667 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.2 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Chris T

    chris t said:

    “I liked this book. It was a nice, easy read with an interesting story. One question though; Where did the mom disappear to in the end?!”

    posted Friday, June 27 2008
  • Pam B

    pam b said:

    “I really loved this book. I could not put it down.I love the authors use of imagery and words that enable the reader to visualize the places and actually "step into" them.I think she touches a part of all of us when she delves into the dynamics of relationships among family members, friends, and others who touch the perimeter of our lives. She says,"Childhood is never over,not really."
    I also like this quote"...the places we come from don't leave us as easily as we leave them." Does anyone have any comments to share about this book?”

    posted Saturday, April 19 2008
  • Cheryl

    cheryl said:

    “Am I the only one who thinks this book only scratched the surface? I kept expecting it to develop into a murder mystery. ”

    posted Wednesday, September 19 2007
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