After she's expelled from her latest school, Tessa's domineering step-father finds her a job at the local stables. She's left to look after Shiner, an ugly and seemingly untalented horse. But her interest in Shiner is fired when she discovers who his mother was.
Corky is a champion windsurfer and Shiner is still learning. Shiner has mixed feelings about going on holiday with Corky as he doesn't think he'll be able to cope with surfing at sea after only practising on the reservoir. However, not only does Shiner cope with the sea, but he joins Corky in rescuing a boy - an illegal immigrant - who has been abandoned on an offshore island. Together the boys outrun and outwit the men behind the immigration scam and secure the boy's freedom.
This anthology includes approximately ten previously published short stories and extracts from novels spanning a wide range of stories involving horses.
Kidnapping is always an unpleasant business, but in Jonathan Meredith's case it is positively barbaric. Kept for hours on end in claustrophobic confinement, he remembers that he used to imagine suffocation as an innocuous death. He would never think that again.
Ruth has never ridden a pony before - but as soon as she lays eyes on lively Fly-by-Night, she knows he has to be hers. But where is she going to find the money for a saddle and bridle - and who is going to teach her to ride?
A totally absorbing novel about twelve-year-old Christina who is sent to live with her fierce uncle and his two sons in their decaying mansion, Flambards. Christina discovers a passion for horses and riding but finds herself part of a strange household, divided by emotional undercurrents and cruelty.
Rowan is desperate for a horse of her own - so when her father narrowly misses colliding with a dark, beautiful stray, she feels he was always supposed to be hers. Exciting, passionate and adventurous, these stories from bestselling author K.M. Peyton are the perfect read for any girl who loves horses.
Strong-willed Minna is just a blacksmith's daughter, yet she raises a sickly abandoned foal to become the pride of the Roman cavalry. And when her fort is threatened by blood-thirsty pirates, the fate of her people depends on Minna and her beloved horse alone, as they set out on an impossible journey to fetch help.
Jonathan Meredith did not like Robin, the English master at Meddington Boarding School. It was not his inability to control his classes that he disliked, but rather his indifference to the feelings of others. When Robin drowns in the river close to the school, Jonathan suspects murder.
Word count 10,295 Suitable for younger learners
When Minna's true love Theo leaves the lonely fort of Othona for the big city, Minna cannot bear to be left behind and steals away on her beloved pony, Silva, to follow him. But she has no idea that her actions will spark a deadly chain of events from which there can be no turning back.
When a group of English schoolchildren are told that they are to be in a tetrathlon (swimming, running, shooting and riding) against the perfect Greycoats school, they are totally unenthusiastic but rally when a teacher encourages them.
When Roman servant-girl Minna's true love Theo sets off north to battle, commanding an army that includes her brother, her friends and her beloved horse, Silva, Minna cannot bear to see them all leave her. Regardless of the dangers she will be facing, she joins the baggage train and becomes a Roman spy.
Patrick Pennington is out of control, and seems to be heading for disaster. But when he meets Sylvia, he feels like his world has been turned upside down. Penn seventeenth summer could be the most memorable of his life . . .
Schloss Bloodybow – unheimlich, düster, ein Ort mit schrecklicher Vergangenheit Nickys neues Zuhause, Schloss Bloodybow, ist ein düsterer und Furcht einflößender Ort. Ihre Mutter hat hier einen Anstellung als Pferdepflegerin bekommen und Nicky ist darüber alles andere als glücklich. Zu allem Überfluss kommt sie schnell dahinter, dass das alte Gemäuer eine schreckliche Vergangenheit birgt: Hunderte von Jahren zuvor gab es einen blutigen Nachbarschaftsstreit um ein Pferd, bei dem ein Junge getötet wurde. Und nun bemerkt Nicky merkwürdige und unheimliche Dinge: ein weißes Pony kommt und geht scheinbar aus dem Nichts, Lichter irren duch die Nacht und schließlich wird ein wertvoller Hengst gestohlen. Wiederholt sich die furchtbare Geschichte von damals? Was kann Nicky tun, um ein Unglück zu verhindern?
A Twelve-year-old Orphan Girl Is Faced With A Radically Different Way Of Life When She Is Sent To Live With A Crippled, Tyrannical Uncle Who Is Obsessed With Hounds And Horses And Who Expects Her And His Two Sons To Follow In His Footsteps.
Rosi (9) und ihr Freund Leo entführen ein vernachlässigtes Pony ...
Durch glückliche Umstände kommt Jenny (15) nach Beendigung ihrer Schulzeit zusammen mit Darkling unter der Bedingung in einem Rennstall unter, dass sie die Hälfte der Besitzerrechte an ihrem Pferd abtritt.
