Review: Great dystopian story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2013
Sahara kept having dreams of horses. She dreams of riding them and how horses and human work together. She is told to forget about such silliness. Sahara lives in the future, past the Dark Days, and no one has ever ridden a horse. Horses are hunted and used as food. Sahara lives in the Trader's Clan, people who find goods and trade them with other clans. When visiting the Gardener's Camp, the Keeper of the Books gives Sahara an ancient book that has pictures of people riding horses. Sahara now knows that her dreams are real. Soon after finding the book, she saves a hurt horse from a group of hunters and tries to help it , but it escapes. Later, Sahara finds a dying horse and has to battle wild dogs to try to save the horse's foal. Sahara is determined to raise the foal, but can she convince her clan that horses are more than just food?This was an awesome dystopian book. I know a lot of people love horses and I think they will LOVE this book. I like horses, but I don't think I am a huge fan and I LOVED this book too because it was written really well and it is a great adventure. The characters were original and I loved the dystopian world Ms. Benson created. I like Sahara. She is nice, smart and she perseveres. I thought the book ended a bit too soon, but maybe Ms. Benson is thinking of a second book (I hope). The book is a clean read for young advanced readers.*NOTE I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review