Quality Concealed

by Betty C. Briggs

Set against a backdrop of horses and jumping competitions, Quality Concealed is a feel-good story of devotion, determination, and of making dreams come true. Addressing popularity, peer pressure, and values, it focuses on 16-year-old Heather Chambers who works to discover her own potential instead of continuing to wish whe could be like someone else. The novel tells of Heather's training of her part-Percheron gelding, under the direction of her mysterious and sometimes frightening neighbor, Mr. Quinn. She meets boyfriend snatcher, Sheila, and her seasoned jumper, Pagan, in the show ring and learns an important lesson about winning. The joys and frustrations of love, new and revisited, flavor the story, as Heather seeks to retrieve David's affection and guide her widowed mother's romantic endeavors. In 1999 the manuscript for Quality Concealed won honorable mention in the young adult catagory of the Utah Arts Council statewide competition. It also won honorable mention in the statewide Utah League of Writers contest, where it competed in an opoen category.

Genres: Horses

203 pages, Paperback

First published October 10, 1999

Reviews

[Karen Woolf]

I read this about ten years ago and forgot what it was about. I asked my best friend, Becky, to give me a brief synopsis because it was her book. Not only is she an avid horse lover, but she recently re-read it.

She said (or texted):

"It's about two horse-loving girls and a guy. There is jealousy , betrayal, and misunderstandings. And of course, HORSES!"

Perfection.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good book.

[Talisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE LOVE LOVE