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| Misty's Twilight | 
| Author: Marguerite Henry
Creator: Karen Haus Grandpre
Publisher: Aladdin
Category: Book
List Price: $5.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 22710
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1416927875
EAN: 9781416927877
ASIN: 1416927875
Publication Date: May 22, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Disappointment as Big as the Phanton March 9, 2004
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have read only the first five chapters and, from the looks of it, the book is pretty disappointing. City traffic, crowds -- what happened to the fun and joy of the captivatinging books that came before it? There should at least be a few characters (besides the mom) who are really into going to Chincoteague!
pretty good June 15, 2002
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
this book was a pretty good book, but it was not as good as the other misty books. but it was still pretty good.
 Misty's Twilight Review November 28, 2001
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
A colt in the line of Misty is born. His name is Twilight. He is going to compete with the horses of the world. Twilight ends up being able to compete. If I could, I'd rate this story 9,000 stars!
 A Huge Disappointment November 8, 2001
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I've been reading the Misty of Chincoteague books to my 7 yr old horse-loving daughter over the last few months, and have loved Misty, Stormy, and Sea Star. Twilight was an incredible let-down. We felt we knew the Beebe family and many of the Chincoteague residents intimately; none of them were mentioned in this book, and even Pony Penning and all it's festivities were only touched in passing. We never connected with the characters in this book. The kids weren't likeable because they didn't like horses, and complained about having to work on the Farm. Sandy, the Mom, was inconsistent, proclaiming her love of horses and of spending time with them, but not doing it. Chapter 16 closes with them thinking they'll try making Twilight into a cross country jumper, with Sandy envisioning herself riding the jumps with her pony. Yet Chapter 18 opens with Sandy not having had any contact with Twilight for months, and wondering if there was even any bond left between the pony and herself. Sandy lost all credibility with me, and my daughter, when she sent her son away to boarding school because of "teenage mischief-making;" she obviously spent as little time with her children as with her horses, and solved her problems with her children the same way as with her horses, by sending them off to someone else to deal with. The book also lost credibility when Sandy missed Twilight's first dressage show because of opening the invitation too late, but has her dreaming of watching the show, then researching dressage for a hour to learn what her horse had been doing for the last year, instead of picking up the phone and calling to find out how the horse did. And lastly, somehow "Twi" was invited to participate in a prestigious regional show after placing in two events in one show; anyone who knows anything about showing horses knows you need to earn a high number of points in the duration of a show season to get such an invite. We forced ourselves to finish this book, but it was drudgery, not the eager anticipation we had for the previous Misty books.
Misty's Twilight October 27, 2001
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Alright, I downright hated this book! All it talks about how this part Chincoteague part Thoroughbred becomes a superstar like all of the horse books that are written now. It is like no duh the horse is going to win because the horse is the main character of the book! And, what kind of nickname is "Twi"? It's downright stupid. I just hated this book and I can not believe that some many people actually like this book. I think that the best illustration was when the ugly rat had her ribs sticking out. The worst was when she was doing all of the dressage moves. I mean, they only teach those moves at the Spanish Riding School, so Rat should not know them, especially a near perfect capriole.
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