I love this book! It's a very well-written, warming story about the conflict between a child and her mentally retarded adopted sister. It explores the emotions that accompany an adoption not from the parents view, but from the siblings view, an angle that is not often examined. I couldn't put this book down and finished it in two days, I definitely would recommend this book to anyone.

This is a great book to teach children how to accept different people. Marda, an elementary school child must learn to live with a retarded child that her parents adopt. It is a "heart-warming" tale of how she herself adapts to this new and strange situation. Highly Reccomended.

Set on the American frontier during the 1830s, after the Black Hawk War, Sean's Quest by Leone Castell Anderson is a engaging and entertaining novel written especially for middle-grade students about a young boy's adventures with his pioneer family after the end of the Black Hawk War. Sean's Quest is recommended as being an astute and engaging read, capturing both the joys and hardships of life before the Civil War, as well as the conflicts within a close family. Also very highly recommended is the previous book in this outstanding series, Sean's War (0963881-949, ...).

This was the question I was always asked after readers finished his story in the first book, Sean's War. As the author, I, too, wondered. Not wanting to let go of the characters I created, I asked myself the two "magic" words
I use: "What if...?" and knowing Sean from the years of writing his first story, I felt he would have to find his beloved stepmother and stepbrother Peder and bring them home. I think the readers who asked the question will find Sean's Quest an exciting answer .

This is an excellent adventure story set in the hidden and occasionally dangerous woods of the Blue Ridge mountains. When it becomes a matter of life and death, two teenage boys learn that friends share much more than just the place where they live.

This is a great book that incorporates two issues that children often have to deal with: adaption and racial issues. The book, told in the first person, focuses on two adapted children of two different cultural backgrounds. Highly reccommended--it will teach your children that not everybody in the world is the same.

This book will appeal to children of all ages. It uses the winning combination of animals and adventure to draw readers into the story. The author's delightful tale shows the value of true friendship in an imaginative vista. It would make a great book for classroom use. Some readers have compared it to A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

I really enjoyed reading this story with my kids.Being from the area really made the story come to life and hard to put down.The conflicts of the Callahan family and predjitices of their era can still be related to our time.It is a wonderful story about love, honor, loyalty to ones beliefs and family. I highly recomend it !

In The Shadowed Unicorn, twelve-year-old Brendan, his irrepressible "older" twin, Nick, and their sister Ami, all struggle to cope with the sudden death of their father and the family's recent move from New York City to an old farmhouse in Pennsylvania. When Ami begins to fantasize about finding a unicorn, then discovers mysterious hoofprints in the woods, she tacks the beast to a farm owned by "the Ogre", a recluse the locals believe is responsible for the death of a child. Despite this danger, Ami insists her brothers follow her up the mountain on an adventure that puts them all in serious danger. A highly recommended and entertaining novel for school and community library collections, The Shadowed Unicorn establishes Sheila Welch as a gifted storyteller.

This book was pretty good. Most of the stories were wellwriten. A couple of them were of poor quatily. I agree with the firstwriter, my fav. was Hearts and Hoofbeats too. I would recomend this book to anyone who likes horses.

Wow this book was great I recomed it to anyone. I hate to be like all the other readers but hearts and hoofbeats was definatly the best!!! Yet al the others were great to!!! i can't remember the name but the one about the 2 brothers was really good, too!!!! get this book i read them all in one day!!!!

This book was great! I loved all the stories but Hearts and Hoofbeats was my favorite. I think Shelia Kelly Welch should write book another with a secquel for each story in A Horse for All Seasons. I would love to find out how Roseys foal, Penny, Magic, and all the horses and riders turned out.