The Wild Path

The Wild Path | Sarah R. Baughman

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This was definitely a #CoverCrush read for me! In the end it was...fine. The story is about 12-yr-old Claire, whose older brother is in rehab for a drug addiction. Claire's parents have decided that they need to sell the two family horses because of money being tight. Claire attends a support group for children impacted by substance abuse, works on a school report about the importance of horses in history & the present, & works to solve the ⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) mystery of the wild horses she sees in the woods but no one else does. While I didn't dislike this story, it just never really “hit me in the feels“ like it seemed like it should. I loved the descriptions of Vermont in the fall & really liked Claire & her parents - & even her brother, who is doing his best to get his life back on track. However, there were times that the story began to sound a little polemic as characters discussed ⬇ 4y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) how to handle family members struggling with addiction. Still, this may be a good read for a young person in a similar situation as there are many good points about understanding that you aren't responsible for (& in fact can't) “fix“ anyone or control anyone's actions but your own. Claire also is dealing with anxiety & I liked how supportive her parents were.

All in all, not a bad read, but also not a magical one. 4y

TheAromaofBooks Book 3/6 for #NovelNovember !!!! Also making progress for #BookSpinBingo although no bingo yet!

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Eggs That cover ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Eggs - Right?? I couldn't resist it!! I wish the entire book had been illustrated similarly. There was a lot of beautiful imagery that would translated so well into pictures. 4y

Andrew65 Doing great 👏👏👏🙌 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 - Thank you!!! 4y

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The Wild Path | Sarah R. Baughman

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𝙸‘𝚖 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝙿𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸‘𝚖 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝.

𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐?

* 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚢 🙏🏽

rachelm Love that bookmark! 4y

Onepageatatime88 @rachelm thank you ☺️ 4y

MemoirsForMe Cool bookmark! 😁👍🏻 4y

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