Sam's Big Break

Henny Penny and her friends are on their way to tell the king that the sky is falling when they meet a hungry fox.

La ambientación urbana es predominante en la antología. Los personajes, igualmente urbanos y modernos en general, suelen verse arrastrados por las turbulencias de una acción exterior que violenta su vida como es casi preceptivo en el relato breve. La fábula, situación o alegoría que se desea revelar al lector tiene en el desenlace uno de sus mejores instrumentos. A la luz del final se interpreta o se reinterpreta todo el cuento.

Trouble arises between a brother and sister because she always wins the games they play, but then she discovers that she does not have to brag or win all the time.

When Laura Marlin finds a thoroughbred worth $75 million in the middle of the road, she quickly tracks down the horse’s owners, the Wainrights. As a gesture of their gratitude, the Wainrights invite Laura, her uncle Calvin, her friend Tariq, and her dog Skye to Fleet Farm, their Kentucky ranch. Things on the idyllic Fleet Farm are not as they seem, however, and when strange events begin to occur, Laura resolves to unravel a mystery in which a significant amount of money is at stake and dangers lie around every corner. This latest pulse-pounding Laura Marlin novel will grip young readers.