Starlight Comes Home Book

Starlight Comes Home captures the hearts of America s youth, successfully tackling moral dilemmas that face today's teens, adding suspense, joy, grief, and triumph to the mix, and wraps up this exciting saga of a young girl coming of age in western Montana. Now as a young teen, Miranda finds there is more to life than her horse, but nothing more important than knowing Starlight, her black stallion, is safe and at home. Although set in the world of horse lore, the series involves many contemporary issues and appeals to a broad audience. Readers of all ages and walks of life will embrace this with edge-of-their-seat excitement as they ride with Miranda in this final whirlwind adventure. It is a journey of courage, a portrayal of mistakes and consequences, and illustrates that through perseverance one can make dreams come true. Its 250 easy-to-read pages are beautifully illustrated throughout by artist Pat Lehmkuhl. D'Jean, a 12 year old reader said of Starlight Comes Home, "This is the best book in the series!!! It deals with real problems we kids face. The ending is surprising and very good. This book tells that no matter how bad things get you can always get through them."

Huntress Reviews

5 STARS!

Miranda Stevens turns thirteen, but her life does not slow down at all. If anything, it speeds up and gets more complicated. Miranda did not realize that two guys are attracted to her. Her thoughts are mainly on her horse, Starlight, and those closest to her. Miranda's mom is due to deliver another baby, Margot dreams of being adopted by the Stevens and feels unwanted, and there are two new kids at school.

Laurie's cousin, Rose Marie, comes to live with Laurie's family for awhile. Rose Marie is seventeen. She is always in trouble, wears dark make up, smokes, and hangs out with a bad crowd. Envious and jealous of Miranda, Rose Marie begins turning all the kids against Miranda, including her closest. No one seems to like Miranda anymore ... and then Starlight disappears!

***** This is an excellent ending to the series. Throughout the books, Miranda has grown up and matured, making complicated decisions as she went. She shows that no matter how bad things become, one must do the right thing and hope for the best. Eventually, events will come together.

In my opinion, this series will attract more than just the girls who love horses. Miranda is a great role model. She is so realistic that kids cannot help but relate to Miranda and her problems. At the same time, readers can follow Miranda during all her adventures. Outstanding! *****