That's Not Hay in My Hair

by Juliette Turner

New York City life had crammed sidewalks, gasoline-filled puddles, and angry taxi drivers, but Juliette enjoyed the towering sky-scrapers, the half-block walk to school, and the restaurant smells wafting into her bedroom. She had never cared for a horse, let alone a long-horn, when her mother announced their imminent move to a 300 acre ranch in Texas, where they would be caring for three horses, five dogs, twenty-five longhorns, and a cat … all by themselves.

Juliette couldn’t help feeling excited, even though she’d have to climb a hill to get a bar of cell-phone service. Soon she was running from bats and snakes, rescuing a calf from a twenty-foot ditch, medicating ponies, and having adventures so crazy it’s hard to believe they’re for real—but it all happened exactly how it’s written.

Get ready for side-splitting laughs, heart-wrenching tears, and surprising life lessons learned down on the farm and shared by fourteen-year-old Juliette Turner.

• ISBN10: 0310732441
• ISBN13: 9780310732440
• Publish Date: 28 April 2016 (first published 8 March 2016)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Imprint: ZonderKidz
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 240
• Language: English

Reviews

[Jane]

**I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion.**

I was really excited to read it, because it was about farm life. I feel disappointed and mislead. This book is ranked for middle school grades; I wouldn’t have read it in middle school, because it would have felt too campy and like vocabulary words were just thrown in. There was a plot about a bully, but it was never actually developed.

I have since gifted this novel to my younger, middle-grade sister. :)

Full review at Janepedia: https://janepedia.com/julietteturner-hayinmyhair/