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We know you'll enjoy reading about the wonderful adventures of Alex and Skylyn. Take a look below and see what they'll be up to in Friends Forever and sequels:

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Alexandra Tanner and her Navajo Indian classmate, Skylyn Eaglefeather, are young teens who have been best friends from first grade to junior high. Their life in Colorado is one of outdoor exploration with a lot of family fun.

Both families, including Alex's beloved grandfather and Sky's grandmother, share a strong bond of friendship and a love of nature. Knowledge of the land builds through the girls' years of adventure with Gramp - like hiking across the high meadows, visiting an abandoned silver mine, or going off on horseback to a remote beaver pond. Camping, canoeing, and learning to fly fish from the river banks are part of the fun!

Neither Alex nor Sky is afraid of hard work. They spend hours practicing their saddle skills as they look forward to being first-time contestants in the annual rodeo.Chores are part of their daily ranch life. Sky helps care for her father's churro sheep, mohair goats, and her own horse. A talented painter, she studies art history, especially that of her own heritage and the culture of the ancient Amerinds.

Horses for the Handicapped absorbs their summertime energies. They pour their hearts into caring for the animals. Their creative ideas add originality to the weekly classes. At age 14, they are already skilled horsewomen and both look forward to turning sixteen when they can work directly with the students they have come to love and respect.

Alex and Sky further demonstrate their skills as class officers, organizing a series of events to raise money for reforesting the land after a devastating wildfire. Their courage and determination give promise of the fine young women they are becoming.

Here are some comments from readers of Friends Forever........

"The books in Marilyn Martin's series about two Colorado families, one of which is Native American, belong in the hands of every young girl. Her tales are as fresh as the prairie wind, full of adventure and fun.

Marilyn has the gift of teaching without preaching as she explores the values of multigenerational families, the environment, and Indian lore. We see it all through the lives of Alexandra and Skylyn - best friends forever. The two girls, their siblings, parents, and grandparents, live in the modern world, sharing love and friendship, making the reader feel that, indeed, things are pretty good after all. I hope we hear more from this gifted storyteller." -Julia Lee Dulfer, Book Doctor

"Two wonderfully written segments about the working of rodeos, plus how children handle grandparents as they enter into a nursing home situation, make Marilyn Martin an outstanding storyteller." -Professor Emeritus, Stanley A. Aagaard, Ph.D, The College of New Jersey at Trenton