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After years of waiting, it is finally Libby Ryan’s turn to shine at the Practical County Fair. Libby is filled with excitement as she and her granddad pick out two calves for her to raise on her family’s cattle farm, in hopes of winning the annual steer competition. Against her father’s advice, Libby gives the calves names, even though both steers will eventually be auctioned off. After a few months of preparing for the Practical County Fair, Libby finds that she is growing closer to her steers with each passing day, and the pressure to win Grand Champion is mounting.
Luckily, Libby can count on her best friend to get her through most of the county fair chaos. Yet once reality sets in and she realizes that her steers will soon be sold to the highest bidder, the chaos in Libby’s heart becomes too much to bear.
Michelle Houts lives on a grain and livestock farm in West Central Ohio with her husband and three children. This is her first novel.
In this debut novel, twelve-year-old Libby Ryan is in pursuit of stardom at the Practical County Fair: steer stardom. Now that her brother Ronnie has gone away to college, Libby, who comes from a family of cattlemen, is determined to make her own mark at the annual fair in Nowhere, Indiana. She picks two calves to show and promptly names them Piggy and Mule despite her father's warning that fair calves do not need names. Houts delivers an often deadpan first-person narrative that conveys Libby's heartfelt desires, while turning her astute eye on others in this endearing oddball community of people. The Darlings stand out, with their daughters named Precious, Lil, and Ohma, but there are plenty of quirky others, including Libby's loyal friend Carol Ann, four-year-old Frannie, with her imaginary "grandchildren," and Granddad, with his home-grown wisdom. Houts does not spare her young protagonist, and plenty of obstacles arise in Libby's path to keep the pages turning. The setting features authentic locales like the fair itself, the Feed and Seed, and the eccentrically hybrid Jung Chow's Pizza. A charming story about growing up, letting go, and, in the process, finding the core of what matters in self, family, and community. Reviewer: Uma Krishnaswami
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