When kids grow up with more difficult home lives, they can be more fragile. (acacamps.org)
They're an ideal combination of an exhilarating sports story and a heartwarming human - animal tale: Chris Platt's Willow King (1998), Jane Smiley's The Georges and the Jewels (2009), Ginny Rorby's The Outside of a Horse (2010), and Jennifer H. Lynne's Catch Rider (2013) are all enduring examples of girls wrestling with difficult home lives who find safety with horses. (booklistonline.com)
Taking cues from films like School of Rock and Rushmore, the film is about young misfits trying to find themselves through music in the midst of difficult home lives, bullies and heartbreak. (relevantmagazine.com)