Twelve-year-old Becca's unwelcome trip to a dude ranch turns adventurous when she and the wrangler's son uncover clues to the lost treasure of Pearlhandle Pete.
Samirah, an Arabian filly, lives on a struggling dude ranch in Utah and is trained by Jasper, who fears that she will have to give up her beloved horse as they ranch fails and plots to save Samirah, but her plans backfire and put them both in danger.
Michael is spending the summer in Montana working on his uncle's dude ranch. His boredom and hopes for a different life both end with the arrival of Maria, a California girl who is spending time at the ranch with her champion horse, Moonshine. Sparks fly, but secrets come to light as the summer goes on, threatening to end the romance.
When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit a dude ranch in Montana, they find themselves with another mystery to solve, this one involving the theft of money from the ranch's safe and of a large gold nugget that Josh had found.
Two dogs, Down Girl and Sit, accompany their masters to a dude ranch, where they encounter scary "squirrels" that live in holes in the ground, stampedes, and enemies even worse than their nemesis--the cat that lives next door.
Martha, a talking dog, tames her fears about the cargo hold in order to travel to Montana with her family, but she does not make herself very welcome at the dude ranch when she causes a cattle stampede.
