Plump fifteen-year-old Janet, the non-riding member of a family of riders, determines to prove herself by learning to be a rodeo barrel racer, but the horse she chooses for her own turns out to be all but unmanageable....
Country Roads, Painted Skies is filled from cover to cover with short, but potent, true-to-life stories that tug at your heart strings, make you think, and provide a rare window on the world of children, choices, and growing up....