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I have to say that normally I would love any horse book but this series was just way to much 'he loves her' and 'I love him but he also loves me.' I just couldn't take it. So yay, I would recommend this to you if you love a book with loads of drama and lovey-dovey action, which clearly I don't. ( )

Library Thing Part D# 3 Realistic Fiction Popular
Burkhart, Jessica. Triple Fault. New York: Aladdin Mix, 2009. Print.

While in Borders ,talking to one of the more knowledgeable floor associates, he suggested I read Canterwood Crest Triple Fault by Jessica Burkhart. This was an extremely popular title; young girls sitting on the carpet, leaning against the book shelves were avidly reading the Canterwood Crest series.
The book cover has pretty equestrians and horses and lush gardens in the background with faces that are daring a reader to join them in their world of private boarding school and their goal to be chosen for the Youth Equestrian National Team. Sasha Silver, Callie, Julia, Alison, Heather and Paige are typical girlfriends worried about makeup, hair, clothes, boys, riding lessons, horse, tack, stable maintenance and their studies and social events. Every page has some bits of observation and comments from Sasha’s perspective. And therefore the reader is constantly being flooded with romantic texts to equestrian vocabulary and competitive training strategies and all the usual back biting gossip and rude remarks young ladies can manage. The novel begins with a first almost kiss between Sasha and Eric in the stables but interrupted by one of their coaches and then the reader no sooner breaks from the middle of a kiss but hears the stable doors open; and in rides Callie, Sasha’s ex-best friend and Sasha’s ex-boyfriend Jacob. These characters and their dialogue are very credible and very believable for today’s youth. This title definitely illuminates problems and issues between relationships and school institutions. Because the characters in the series are from a wealthier class than the majority of Canterwood readers, a reader’s point of view will be enlarged and a pluralistic society can be experienced by someone attending a non boarding school or a neighborhood public school. Someone who has never been around horses or competitive equestrian riding will be allowed to view this world so well described by Jessica Burkhart. Somewhat like a soap box film series but better in that the reader has more episodes per book to enjoy. Curriculum connection is language arts. Audience is upper elementary and middle school+; a definite addition to the popular realistic fiction section of the library. ( )