Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

by Cathy Hopka and Catherine Hapka

Book Overview

Seabiscuit, National Velvet, and now Dreamer. It's a story about a girl, a horse, and a family. DREAMER, loosely based on a true story, is the story of a Kentucky horse trainer and his daughter who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439774942
• ISBN13: 9780439774949
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

What a Wonderful Dreaming story...

What a wondeful and cute little quick read. For I am a huge fan of movie novelizations and I really enjoyed this. Even though it was short in pages, it gave you clear thoughts and visulas about the book. I could really imagine the horse races and when the characters were talking to one another. This only took me only two hours to read, so it's pretty short. When I read this, I saw practically the whole movie. This has every scene in the movie, not wanting you to miss out on it. This is a well written novelization that when you finish reading it, you'll go straight to see the movie. Inside, are movie stills which you can get a clear idea of the movie. Read this one folks, if you're a big fan of horses and Dakota Fanning! Hope you Enjoy! If you liked this, you may like; 1. The Perfect Man movie novelization 2. Just My Luck movie novelization AND 3. Cars the junior movie novelization Jordan Overall grade* A-

Dreamer

Cale Crane lives on a farm with no horses. It is hard to believe it. Her dad is hte top ten thorough-bred trainer. Manolin and Balon are the Mexicans that work for Cale's dad. Ben, her dad, promised to take her to work. She ran right out of the house, and ran right in front of the truck. She jumped in. They got to the race. her dad is lika a horse whisperer, and he knew something was wrong. Tragically, Sonya the horse collapsed and hurt her leg. Cale made her dad not put the horse down. Sonya means "dreamer". Her dad signs the horse over to Cale. Her dad's old boss is trying to buy it from them. Cale nurses her to health. Do you think it can win the big race? Do you think she nursed her well?

Corinne's Reveiw

Ever since I saw the movie "Dreamer" I wanted to read the book by Kathy Hapka. This is a story about a girl my age and this book is based on a true story. Cale Crane lives with her family on a horse farm with no horses. Her dad trains racehorses. One day one of the horses has an accident on the track. Everyone thinks that they should put the horse to sleep but Cale convinces her dad to nurse it back to health. The horse's name is Sonyador, which means Dreamer in Spanish. It takes a while but Sonya's injuries heal. Cale and her dad start training Sonya to race again. Along with her dad's friends, Balon and Mandolin, they start training Sonya. The book has a lot of exciting race stories, twists and much more. Cale thinks Sonya can win The Breeders' Cup. Sonya has enough experience as a racehorse to qualify for consideration by the judge's panel, but Cale has to convince them to let Sonya run in the race. The rest you have to find out on your own. There is a lot more exciting events that I haven't told you about. So to read `'Dreamer"" to find out. On a scale of one to ten I give this book a ten. Anybody who likes animals or horses would like this story. Also if you like to laugh you would enjoy this book.

Dreamer

(...) Cale Crane is a girl that lives on a horse farm but has no horses in it. The Cranes family didn't really own horses for a long time. Cales father was a trainer of Thoroughbreds. One day during a race a horse named Sonya fell and broke her leg bone called cannon bone. The people in the race was about to put the horse to sleep until Cales dad says that they could nurse the horse back to health. Cale really likes the horse and wishes that she could race again. Sonya was on a wheelchair for a long time. Finally, when the wheelchair is of, Cales dad trains the horse. Something really unusual happens. Could the horse race again?