SuitabookShadow horse
Alison Hart
- Reading
- If animal distress is a concern, read together and pause around Shadow’s condition or Jas’s suspicions. You could invite the reader to distinguish what Jas knows from what she is trying to prove.
- Themes
- Care for Shadow: Jas is drawn to a neglected horse, persuades her foster mother to take him in and sees him begin to thrive. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Jas’s foster home: Jas is a foster child living with a new foster mother who rescues and rehabilitates horses. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- The identity mystery: Jas finds a clue to Shadow’s identity and tries to prove that the farm owner killed her favourite horse. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Shadow is described as neglected and in poor condition when Jas finds him.