Darkling

by K.M. Peyton

Book Overview

Fifteen-year-old Jenny's unhappy life with her poor and difficult family undergoes a dramatic change when her penniless but ever-optimistic grandfather acquires a very frightened, unpromising-looking colt and gives it to Jenny to care for.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440212111
• ISBN13: 9780440212119
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.3" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

New Love

I Loved this book. I hope they wright a nother one. But hey!. I hope that the Thoroughbred books don't shut down after book 72. Sign the partishen and save the books. Created by Joanna Campbell. Jamie Smit

book worm- horse crazy

when i read this book i was totally captivated & throrughly enjoyed and recomend it to any one who loves horses and racing.

Darkling

I loved this book. I have read it 5 times! I have been reading it since i was in 6th grade! It's kinda sad but it gets better. It gets better everytime i read it.

Typically Peyton, typically lovely

Darkling is very very depressing. There is simply no other way of putting it. Every beautifully written line of it practically weeps with the sorrow and folly of all human relationships. The book is set in the modern day, and tells the tale of a young girl named Jenny, who lives in desperation and poverty, longing fruitlessly for the gorgeous boy next door and the success of her colt, Darkling in the racing world. Jenny is a sympathetic and very well rounded lead character. Her story is a fascinating one... but brace yourself for realism over sweetness.