Diggs, Lucy

Overshadowed by her accomplished older sister, thirteen-year-old Marcy feels insecure and incapable of sticking to any project or activity until she meets thirteen-year-old Natasha, an accomplished horsewoman, and determines to learn to ride herself.

A teenaged boy in the mid 1950's enters his horse in jumping events at horse shows in central California and fights with his abusive father who wants him to help swindle customers at cock fights.

Overshadowed by her accomplished older sister, thirteen-year-old Marcy feels insecure and incapable of sticking to any project or activity until she meets thirteen-year-old Natasha, an accomplished horsewoman, and determines to learn to ride herself.

Selene the cat does not like her mistress' new home aboard a houseboat and returns to her old home with the help of a pesky sea gull.