The Beef Princess of Practical County - Hardcover

Houts, Michelle

 
9780385735841: The Beef Princess of Practical County
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0385735847 ISBN 13: 9780385735841
Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Michelle Houts lives and writes on a farm in western Ohio where she and the farmer of her dreams are raising three children, some cattle, goats, a whole passel of barn cats, and a Great Pyrenees named Hercules.

Michelle writes for children of all ages, but most of her books are for middle grade readers. THE BEEF PRINCESS OF PRACTICAL COUNTY was Michelle's debut novel, winning the International Reading Association Award for Intermediate Fiction and the Nebraska Farm Bureau Children's Agricultural Book of the Year. The Practical County adventures continued in THE PRACTICAL COUNTY DRAMA QUEEN. Michelle is also the author of the magical tale WINTERFROST and the nonfiction book KAMMIE ON FIRST: BASEBALL'S DOTTIE KAMENSHEK, the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team the Rockford Peaches' first baseman, Dottie Kamenshek.

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Publisher
Delacorte Pr
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0385735847
ISBN 13 
9780385735841
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
226

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