The One Dollar Horse (#1)

Author(s): Lauren St. John

Young Adult Fiction 12plus

Fifteen year old Casey Blue lives in East London's grimmest tower block and volunteers at a local riding school, but her dream is to win the world's greatest Three Day Event: the Badminton Horse Trials.
 
When she rescues a starving, half-wild horse, she's convinced that the impossible can be made possible. But she has reckoned without the consequences of her father's criminal record, or the distraction of a boy with melty, dark eyes, with whom she refuses to fall in love. Casey learns the hard way that no matter how high you jump, or how fast you gallop, you can never outrun the past.
 
A real life thriller that delves into the competitive and elite equestrian world from the 2011 BLUE PETER BOOK OF THE YEAR award-winning author.

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From the winner of the 2011 Blue Peter Book of the Year Award comes a thriller set in the equestrian world about making the impossible possible, about reaching the top on a one dollar horse.

The One Dollar Horse is certain to be huge favourite with readers and will bear comparison with classic horse stories by authors such as Patricia Leitch and K M Peyton. BOOKS FOR KEEPS 20120312 There are many twists and turns but the plot is easy to follow and gripping, I would recommend this book for girls aged from twelve through to adult. The author has a flowing style and an art for bringing her characters to life. NEWBOOKSMAG 20120301

Lauren St John was born in Gatooma, Rhodesia, now Kadoma, Zimbabwe. Aged 11 she and her family moved to Rainbow's End farm in Gadzema, which later became the subject of her memoir. After studying journalism, she relocated to England, where she was golf correspondent to The SUNDAY TIMES. She is the author of several books on sports and music, as well as the award-winning children's quartet THE WHITE GIRAFFE and the Blue Peter award winning LAURA MARLIN series. Visit Lauren's website at www.laurenstjohn.com

General Fields

  • : 9781444006360
  • : Hachette Children's Group
  • : Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • : 0.318
  • : December 2012
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : April 2013
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lauren St. John
  • : Paperback
  • : 413
  • : en
  • : 823.92
  • : good-very good
  • : 309