A Fan's Playground

A children's book that was given to my mom when she was young. In some ways it's a nice enough story about a preteen girl's life on a rural Canadian farm. But it's also very frustrating. A big deal is made of whatever it was that interrupted the friendship between Sarah's mother and Mrs Bolton, but then although the rift is repaired it's never made clear to the reader what actually happened and it's deeply frustrating. And it's rather ableist about a phsyically disabled secondary character, Linda. Also, the story is very evangelically christian with a lot of focus on characters Being Saved in a way that's clearly intended to send a message to its readers and it's a) uncomfortable and b) not very interesting. Overall, it could have been a sweet little kid's book but instead I end the book completely dissatisfied.

(also, when I read this book as a kid I was disappointed because the cover art seemed to promise it would be a horse book, but although there was horse content it wasn’t a Horse Book. Misleading marketing!!)