Overall I think this book is very hard or very upsetting. Because through out the story Nat tried to make his family happy. Nat's family is poor and have really nothing. The reason is because Nat barley had $90 and his mother had no job. She couldn't afford electricity. Nat tries his best to keep his sisters happy by buying a White stallion, Smokey. Doing so they think it keeps them hope until the end of the story. This book makes their family feel lonely and not noticed. Nat's father left them because of Nat's mother and left them with nothing.
In the end of Nat realizes that not all things will make you happy. Even if they are the smallest things. Smokey always made the kids happy and made them feel safe. I thought of it as an angel saying "Don't lose hope". But in the end Nat lost that angel to get money. But Nat thought he can go and realize that not all things should be worth everything. This book has plenty of themes and I think this one hit it the most.
Okay...much better, but the two summaries are quite the same. This makes me think that you didn't understand or you aren't reading. What else is happening with the family? What do they do now? What are the thoughts of the main character? Good description of the theme though!
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