The Beef Princess of Practical County

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Age Range: 8 – 12 years
Grade Level: 3 – 7
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Yearling; 1 edition (July 13, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0440422701
ISBN-13: 978-0440422709

Accelerated Reader Quiz? YES

Scholastic Reading Counts Quiz? YES

2010 International Reading Association Children’s Book Award
2011 Nebraska Farm Bureau Agricultural Book of the Year
After years of waiting, it is finally Libby Ryan’s turn to shine at the Practical County Fair. Libby is filled with excitement as she and her granddad pick out two calves for her to raise on her family’s cattle farm, in hopes of winning the annual steer competition. Against her father’s advice, Libby gives the calves names, even though both steers will eventually be auctioned off. After a few months of preparing for the Practical County Fair, Libby finds that she is growing closer to her steers with each passing day, and the pressure to win Grand Champion is mounting.

Luckily, Libby can count on her best friend to get her through most of the county fair chaos. Yet once reality sets in and she realizes that her steers will soon be sold to the highest bidder, the chaos in Libby’s heart becomes too much to bear.

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