Barbaro: America's Horse
Shelley Fraser Micklelives on a farm in Alachua County, Florida, with her two horses, Precious and Mullet.Barbaro: America’s Horseis her first nonfiction book and her first book for children. She is the author of several novels, includingThe Queen of October, a 1989 New York Times Notable Book;Replacing Dad, which became a CBS movie in l999; andThe Turning Hour, which is taught in many high schools as part of the suicide prevention program the Turning Hour Project. She has been a commentator on National Public Radio for ten years, and many of her essays have been heard onMorning Edition. Some of these are collected under the titleThe Kids Are Gone; the Dog Is Depressed & Mom’s on the Loose. Her novel,The Assigned Visit, was published on Valentine’s Day 2007.Shelley Fraser Mickle’s novelJason and Elihu: A Fisherman’s Story, will be read schoolwide at Shell Elementary School in Hawthorne, Florida, in April 2013.