Horses of Oak Valley Ranch

"Abby Lovitt is put in charge of training the expensive and haughty horse Pie in the Sky when his owner refuses. While trying to get a hold on him, she must deal with the new challenges, both good and bad, that come with being a freshman in high school in 1970's Northern California"--Provided by publisher.

Soon after her yearling, Jack, begins working with professional trainers at a nearby ranch, Abby Lovitt takes responsibility for a very large, very smart, and very curious retired racehorse named Gee Whiz.

On her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt tries to rely on her Christian faith as she faces the possibility of giving up her beloved colt, Jack.

Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life.

Abby Lovitt takes her beloved horse, True Blue, to the most famous equestrian clinic around, not knowing how it will change her and her horse's life. Then, Sophia, a girl who hardly ever makes a mistake, becomes so frightened that she refuses to ride her horse, Pie in the Sky, ever again. Pie in the Sky comes to Abby, who reluctantly takes the challenge of training the stubborn horse, and in the process learns something about life.