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    Gib Rides Home
    Gib Rides Home
    Gib Rides Home
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    Gib Rides Home

    By Zilpha Keatley Snyder

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    All Gib ever wanted was to be adopted, but life with a family isn’t quite what he thought it would be
    Gib was sent to an orphanage when he was six years old, and with each year, he knows it becomes less likely that he will be adopted into a loving family. As kids get older, they are more likely to be adopted onto a farm, meaning a hard life of unpaid labor. And after seeing a friend come back battered and near death, Gib is understandably worried. When his turn for adoption finally comes, Gib is surprised to learn that life on the farm isn’t too difficult. His new “parents,” the Thorntons, are kind to him, and his job in the stables is fun and interesting. It is as close to the home of his dreams as he could possibly imagine. And though Gib doesn’t remember much of his past before the orphanage, as time passes, Gib realizes that his new family may be more connected to his real family than he ever imagined. This smart, touching novel is based on the life of author Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s father and his experience as an orphan in the 1900s. This ebook features an extended biography of Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Media
    Release dateDec 4, 2012
    ISBN9781453271919
    Gib Rides Home
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    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder is the author of The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid, and The Witches of Worm, all Newbery Honor Books. Her most recent books include The Treasures of Weatherby, The Bronze Pen, William S. and the Great Escape, and William’s Midsummer Dreams. She lives in Mill Valley, California. Visit her at ZKSnyder.com.

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    • 3/5
      Niceish story - there are parts I enjoyed a lot (especially the horses!), and the events of orphanage life are realistically nasty (and based on real life, the author's father). I had to keep reminding myself that this was a ten-year-old (or so) boy. But the end is so...pointless? Gib doesn't do much of anything, aside from refuse to give up the saddle, and it wouldn't have mattered much if he did. The solution was completely outside his actions. It's sort of a happy ending, with a sad-ish reason for the happy ending - and we never get any idea of why, on so many levels and for so many of the characters (Thornton, Livy, Mrs. Thornton for that matter...). As a kid's book, not bad, but not satisfying to an adult reader. There is a sequel, and I'll be checking that out.
    • 5/5
      Gibson Whitaker lives at the Lovell House Home for Orphaned and Abandoned Boys. At eleven years old, he doesn’t have much in past memories and hopes only that he will be adopted by a real family and become a part of it.It’s the early 1900s and the outlook for orphans is pretty dim. If not adoption, there is always the possibility of being “farmed out.” Not the best option, as the outcome is the boy winds up being cheap/free labour for the family to takes him, rather than being considered “family.”Gib finds himself being farmed out to the local bank president’s family. Though the family structure is one he has dreamed of, he isn’t 100% family, but he learns to be a wrangler and also the fact that he can “talk” to the horses. Something he wasn’t really aware of, but he knew he loved working with them.During his years there he feels there is a tension and that there are secrets. Some of those secrets are part of his past, but the family isn’t forthcoming on the secrets. He only gets dibs and dabs that make him even more curious.At 18 Gib is returned to Lovell House — something that isn’t a usual event. That is when things start to come together and his past comes into view.I’ve read a number of books by Zelpha Keatly Snyder and enjoyed each one. She writes mainly for kids, but her characters and situations are well done enough that adults can get something out of her books.
    • 5/5
      I read this book a little while ago.. I can't really remember much about this book. It can get very sad at times and I feel bad for the boy main character. The bond between the boy and the horse is so strong that I don't think anyone could ever break that apart. There are also some happy moments in this book that make you want to cry of joyfulness! I absolutely love this book!

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