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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2001 · Est. 5 hour read
Cindy's Bold Start
Written by Joanna Campbell
Book #48 in the Thoroughbred series
A retired jockey revisits her past, uncovering the grit that once fueled her racing triumphs.
3.9/5 Goodreads · 201 ratings
176 pages· 35,933 words· Est. 5 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
Cindy McLean, a retired jockey, stumbles upon her old diary while cleaning out her Belmont apartment. As she relives her early racing days in New York, she recalls battling against top male jockeys and overcoming doubts to win on an underestimated filly. Now, unable to ride, Cindy faces a new life challenge. Can she summon the same determination that once drove her to victory? Her journey through past and present reveals the resilience needed to forge a bold new path. What will Cindy's next chapter hold?
From the publisher
What will Cindy do now?When Cindy McLean goes to Belmont to clean out her apartment, she finds her old diary and is taken back to the days when she started racing in New York, after she fled Dubai…Find out what happened in Cindy’s own words as she struggled to compete against the best male jockeys in the country. She was new to tough Belmont trainers and had trouble getting rides. But Cindy never stopped trying, and in time she was winning big races on a filly no one else thought could run.Now that Cindy can’t ride anymore, her life has changed drastically. She’ll need to tap some of that old determination as she sets off boldly in a new direction.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- Words
- 35,933
- Reading age
- 8–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 830L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 5.7
- F&P level
- ~T
- AR points
- 6
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 54606
Publication
- Published
- July 31, 2001
- First published
- August 1, 2001
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780061068225
- LCCN
- 2002574664
- OCLC
- 47717358
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