The Christmas Pony: Christian fiction book review

    Eight-year-old Lucy Turnbull knew better than to wish for a pony that Christmas in 1937. Her mother had assured her in no uncertain terms that asking for a pony was the same as asking for the moon. Besides, the only extra mouths they needed at their boarding house were the paying kind. But when an interesting pair of strangers comes to town, Lucy starts to believe her Christmas wishes might just come true after all.

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Melody Carlson is the award-winning author of over two hundred books with sales of more than five million. She is the author of several Christmas books from Revell, including the bestselling The Christmas Bus, The Christmas Dog, and Christmas at Harrington's, which is being considered for a TV movie. She is also the author of many teen books, including Just Another Girl, Anything but Normal, Double Take, The Jerk Magnet, and the Diary of a Teenage Girl series. Melody was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in the inspirational market for her books in 2010 and won the award in 2011. She and her husband live in central Oregon. For more information about Melody visit her website at www.melodycarlson.com.

Joy In Our Journey's review:

My sweet and thoughtful 12-year-old daughter, Brittany, read The Christmas Pony last week as part of her weekly reading for school, and she kindly wrote our book review this time!

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    It is 1937, and Lucy Turnbull knows better than to wish for a pony
this Christmas. Her mother has assured her in no uncertain terms that
asking for a pony is the same as asking for the moon. Besides, the
only extra mouths they need at their boarding house are the paying
kind. Then an interesting pair of strangers come to town, and Lucy's
world changes forever.

    The Christmas Pony is an easy and quick feel-good Christmas book by
Melody Carlson.  It follows the story of a very young girl named Lucy
Turnbull and her mother, Miriam, as well as Lucy's grandmother, who
lives with them. Ever since Lucy's father died, her mother and
grandmother have been taking in boarders at their house for extra
money. However, taking in boarders does not earn as much money as they
really need.

    This Christmas, Lucy really wants a pony for Christmas called Smoky.
Although Lucy really wants him, her mother says they don't have enough
money for him.

     When a beautiful lady named Veronica, and George, a man who is taking her to
California, board at their house, Lucy is really excited. Lucy thinks Veronica is really pretty and nice.

    Here's the ending of the story: George and Lucy's mom fall in love
(and it is implied that they get married), Veronica ends up being
really vain and rude and leaves for California without George, and
Lucy finally gets the pony she wished for.

    Overall, I really liked this book. It was very cute, and a very easy
read. I got through with this one in about two days, but I could have
easily finished it in one. The one thing about this book that I don't
really like is that when George and Miriam only have known each other
for about a week, they're already really in love and he mentions to
Lucy that he might want to propose. It just seems a little rushed to
me.

    However, this is a really good book, and I recommend it.

Thank you, Brittany!

The Christmas Pony is available Sept 2012  at your favorite bookseller - from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.

Julieanne
Joy In Our Journey.com

I received one hardbound copy of The Christmas Pony in exchange for Joy In Our Journey.com's honest review posted here for you to read.  No other compensation was provided.

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