About this item
Highlights
- Since getting a job at Top Tier stables, Annie has had her mind set on just one thing: earning enough money to buy a horse of her own.
- 9-10 Years
- 6.8" x 4.9" Paperback
- 96 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Animals
Description
About the Book
When fourteen-year-old Annie buys a horse at an auction of mustangs she is thrilled to finally have a horse of her own at Colorado's Top Tier Stable, where she volunteers in exchange for riding lessons--but then someone sets the barn on fire, and Annie struggles to save the horses boarded there, and find out who is responsible.Book Synopsis
Since getting a job at Top Tier stables, Annie has had her mind set on just one thing: earning enough money to buy a horse of her own. When she reaches her savings goal, she bids on a horse at an auction and buys Poco, a four-year-old Buckskin mare that Annie couldn't love more. But someone is trying to sabotage Top Tier, and a terrible fire breaks out at the stable. Annie must summon all her courage to save her beloved horse as well as many others in an act of heroism she didn't know she was capable of doing.
Review Quotes
"Halls writes in a brisk, competent style, and . . . the story wraps up satisfyingly, with a bit of a twist. . . . Uncomplicated reading done well."--Kirkus Reviews
-- (9/15/2015 12:00:00 AM)"With an accessible, straightforward first-person narrative, this high/low title will be a good selection for struggling readers. Annie's heartening connection with horses and the nicely crafted narrative, however, would make this appealing for anyone who enjoys a good horse story."--Booklist
-- (11/15/2015 12:00:00 AM)