No Small Thing
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2014
ISBN
9781443401463
Pages
256 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Then twelve-year-old Nathaniel and his two sisters, Cid and Queenie, discover an ad for a free pony in the paper, they can hardly believe their luck. The pony is theirs, as long as they can afford to take care of it. But what will their mother say? Nat knows things are hard for his mom; his dad walked out on them four years ago. But having a pony would help Nat and Cid stop bickering and it would mean so much to Queenie. When Nat's mother lets them keep it, life is still not easy, but at the end of each day, Nat knows his pony is waiting from him. Until a fire destroys the barn.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Single parent; Poverty; single mother; financial hardship; debt; poor; living in poverty
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother
Awards
Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2006, Winner, English Fiction
Keywords
brothers and sisters; horses; responsibilities; family life
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Ghent, Natale, "No Small Thing" (2014). Diverse Families. 902.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/902