The Beef Princess of Practical County by Michelle Houts

Houts, Michelle The Beef Princess of Practical County 226 p. Delacorte Press 2009 

Content- G

MS - ADVISABLE

Libby Ryan is a 12yo girl living on her family farm in Nowhere, Indianna. She has eagerly awaited the day when she can carry out the family legacy by showing steers at the Practical County Fair, the most exciting even of the year. She recieves two steers and against her dad's advice names them, Mule and Piggy. The days until the Fair are getting closer and closer and Libby is getting even more attached to her steers, plus her mom is pressuring her to enter the Beef Princess Pageant. Libby has to find a way to beat the Darling sisters, Precious, Lil, and Ohma in the pageant and the steer showing, but thankfully Libby can trust her best friend Carol Ann to help her out with all of this chaos. 

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