stablehands

"Saving her coppers to buy a beloved horse that has been transferred to the royal stables of the king of Mael Dunn, new stablehand Sonnia must compete in a dangerous, highly illegal night ride to protect her horse"--OCLC.

Sonnia desperately wants to have enough money to buy Ricochet, the horse she adores at the king's stables, but her family barely makes enough money from their struggling pony-ride business to send her and her sister to school. Everything changes when Ricochet is moved to a racetrack across town, and Sonnia gets a job taking care of the horse there. With the opportunity to earn more money to help support her family and save up to buy Ricochet, she thinks everything is falling into place. In addition, Sonnia's selected to join the junior racing cadre, a group of young riders training to become jockeys, but things get complicated when she learns some of the riders are participating in the Night Ride, a dangerous and illegal race that takes place in the middle of the night.

"War-torn and regicidal, all five kingdoms must confront the power-mad king who is determined to seize control of the continent and kill newly crowned Queen Amarande and Luca, her one true love, in the process"--OCLC.

While working as a stable hand for the polo team at George Washington Military Academy, Cole, a Black kid from North Philly, must find the courage to stand up and be seen in a world determined to keep him out.

"After a thousand years of political stability, the realm of The Sand and Sky is up for grabs. Four kingdoms, four rulers vying for the ultimate prize, sovereignty over the entire continent: A ruthless old king spinning webs, whose schemes encompass generations. A widowed queen whose only credo is all kings must die. A runaway queen whose unexpected return upends everyone's plans. And a prince-in-waiting determined to wait no more. Standing against them are a dispossessed princess and her stable boy love with a surprising claim of his own. Their only hope in the face of unspeakable betrayals, enemies hidden in the shadows, and insurmountable odds is the power of true love"--Provided by publisher.

A fictionalized biography of the American race horse who won twenty of twenty-one races, told by a stable boy who grew up with the great horse.