Growing up in a small Missouri town and feeling unloved at home, thirteen-year-old Marty is determined to find a way to keep a special greyhound puppy from the kennel where she works.
Thirteen-year-old Skeeter is happy with her summer job as mother's helper at a horse ranch until the arrival of the overly friendly businessman, Burge Franklin, precipitates a crisis that Skeeter is not sure she can handle alone.
Five more episodes in the zany life of Zelda Hammersmith, in which she crashes a stranger's funeral, sneaks on board an airplane, causes her substitute teacher to collapse, and gets in all kinds of trouble.
Just as sixteen-year-old learning-disabled Doreen is about to be mainstreamed into a regular school, the loss of her best friend to another girl drives her to a desperate act.
Addie, a foster child who feels unloved, seeks comfort in the company of a beautiful pony and begins an enriching relationship with his owner, a proud woman who has alienated and lost her own daughter.
Eleven-year-old Megan, daughter of a Yorkshire horse trainer, finding she has a special bond with the beautiful problem mare Berry, determines to help her overcome her fear of wooden bridges.
Relates how the author chose and trained her beloved Paso Fino horse, discovering that pleasure riding is more enjoyable for her than formal showing and competing with other horses.
