Out of the Blue

High Hurdles #4

by Lauraine Snelling

Fourteen-year-old DJ is faced with a complicated dilemma when the father that she's never met suddenly wants to become part of her life

Genres: Horses, Christian, Christian Fiction, Young Adult, Animals, Childrens, Fiction

173 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

About the author

Award-winning and bestselling author Lauraine Snelling has over 80 books published with sales of over 4.5 million. Her original dream was to write horse books for children. Today, she writes adult novels about real issues centered on forgiveness, loss, domestic violence and cancer in her inspirational contemporary women’s fiction titles and historical series, including the favorite, Blessing books about Ingeborg Bjorklund and family.

Lauraine enjoys helping others reach their writing dreams by teaching at writer’s conferences across the county. She and her husband Wayne have two grown sons, and a daughter in Heaven. They live in the Tehachapi Mountains with a Basset named Sir Winston ob de Mountains, Lapcat, and “The Girls” (three golden hens).

Reviews

[Sandra Hall · Rating 1 out of 5]

These books do not hold up...DJ's mom is awful and acts like a child. The Christianity stuff is just over the top (teen pregnancy, being unequally yoked...etc.). Also the owner of the barn, Bridget is now magically French?

[Elivia Kanatiquelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

So so so good!

[Christine Meunier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Continuing on in the High Hurdles series is book four, Out of the Blue. DJ Atwood is astonished to receive a call from a man claiming to be her father. Why now, after fourteen years of silence, is he keen to meet with her?

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[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

The winter was cold & wet. DJ Randall & her friend, Amy Yamamoto, were talking about what they'd rather do than work horses in the rain...anything chocolate would be better. With drips going down her back off her helmet, Amy wanted hot chocolate. Joe Crowder, her Gram's new husband, had sold DJ his horse, Major, when he retired from the police force. Joe observed that Major had never liked the rain. DJ had learned what it was to be a latchkey kid when Gran moved to her new home with Joe. Major enjoyed his dinner. When Amy commented that DJ should say she was catching a healing instead of a cold, DJ knew that slugging her would take too much effort. Joe drove them home, DJ to an empty house. Joe offered to take her home with him, adding that she should take her school things, in case she had to spend the night. Before they left there was another phone call from a stranger, Bradley Atwood, who said he was DJ's father!

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grade: B+