Author: Maria Michalak
Published: 2009, AuthorHouse
Rating: 5/5
Many horse lovers remember the breakdown of Eight Belles after she came in second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby, but her story did not end there, and Maria Michalak makes sure her readers remember that. In her biography about the strong hearted grey filly, Michalak wastes no time on unnecessary side stories of the humans, the book is wholly focused on Eight Belles. Readers will find themselves bursting from the starting gate to the finish line of this equine biography with Michalak's sentences that seem to carry the reader swiftly through like a horse race. Also, like a race, however, the reader is left with the impressions Eight Belles left in people's hearts and the changes her death caused. Readers will remember this amazing book and Michalak has been successful in her quest to make Eight Belles unforgettable.
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