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Jake and Isabelle provide a great foundation for the rest of the cowboy series, with colorful characters and clear dialogue. With so many boys, it would be easy to confuse them, but each has a sufficiently different situation and characteristics to individualize them. I found the beginning a bit slow but the plot eventually picks up and takes enough twists and turns to keep the reader engrossed.