Fiction Chapter Horse

Being the new kid is never easy… Tilly has just moved to Kent Cove with her family. The only thing that she can look forward to is her horse named Patches. When she is riding and jumping with Patches, Tilly is flooded with confidence. If only she had the same confidence in making friends. At her new school, Tilly struggles with her homework and the bullies who tease her. At home, she struggles with her loneliness and her brother who constantly pushes her away. When Tilly experiences a serious horse-riding accident, it’s a wakeup call for everyone. Tilly’s brother realizes just how ...

True friendship means never letting go. 11-year-old Madison had it all in Kent Cove, never expecting her life to change. But when she decides to break free from her toxic friendship with Lori, her life is met with new challenges. Madison discovers her new friends are true when they protect one another from a rabid dog and bullies at school. But Lori won’t go away. Madison struggles with pressure from Lori, who is eager to regain Madison's friendship. Will Madison ever open the friendship door for her again? This captivating story follows a young girl as she tackles the many challenges of ...

A woman flees an abusive husband and finds hope in the wilds of the Arizona desert. Rebecca Quinn escapes her controlling husband and, with nowhere else to go, hops the red-eye to Arizona. There, Gaby Strand - her aunt’s college roommate - gives her shelter at the Salt River Inn, a 1930’s guesthouse located in the wildly beautiful Tonto National Forest. Becca struggles with post-traumatic stress, but is enthralled by the splendor and fragility of the Sonoran Desert.

Some things can't be rushed. Trust is one of them. Eleven-year-old Nora Bellamy has grown up on her family's horse rescue, and she's never met an animal she couldn't reach, given enough patience and enough time. But when a neglected, terrified mare named Hazel arrives at Willow Bend, even Nora isn't sure how long it will take to earn her trust. Across town, Ellie Marsh has just moved to Willow Bend and hasn't made a single friend. She's the new girl who eats lunch alone, who watches everyone else belong effortlessly to a town that still feels like a stranger's. When Ellie stops at the ...

Some things can't be fixed. They can only be carried. Sable is a gentle, aging horse who arrives at Willow Bend Rescue without any dramatic story at all, just a good, steady soul who needs a soft place to land. He turns out to be exactly what ten-year-old Ruthie Chen needs. Ruthie's grandmother taught her to ride years ago, before illness made it impossible. Now Popo is gone, and Ruthie has gone quiet, carrying a grief too big for words. When Ms. Alvarez brings her to the rescue, nobody expects much to happen right away. But Sable doesn't ask Ruthie to talk, or to hurry, or to be anything ...

Some things aren't broken. They just need more room. Pepper is a small pony who arrives at Willow Bend Rescue completely overwhelmed, not from cruelty, but from too much of everything: too many big horses, too much noise, too many loving kids who never learned he needed breaks too. He's not scared of one big thing. He's scared of everything, all at once, all the time. Nine-year-old Milo Fitzgerald knows exactly how that feels. His anxiety touches almost everything in his life, and he's tired of being told he just needs to try harder. When he meets Pepper, he finds something he didn't expect...

Despite the disfiguring injury that ended Old Sam's career as a champion thoroughbred trotter, he is still as fast and as canny as ever, an indispensable help for the Scott family in their new home. Then, Old Sam mysteriously goes missing. Johnny figures that any thief who dares to steal that horse will soon be sorry. With the help of Lee and their gang of friends, Johnny soon has things well in hand, finding Old Sam's track, setting up a communication system that works with mirrors and well-placed minions, and generally running circles around his elders.

Some stories end exactly where they began. When an elderly mare is discovered abandoned on the very same property where Gran found her first-ever rescue horse fifty years ago, Nora Bellamy faces her biggest case yet, and her grandmother makes a remarkable decision: it's time for Nora to lead this one herself. Briar isn't afraid of any one thing. She's simply stopped believing anyone will ever come back for her. As Nora works to earn her trust, pairs her with a young client facing her own uncertain upheaval, and finally hears the complete story of how Willow Bend Rescue began, generations ...

Not every brave story is loud. Journey used to be a champion show jumper, until an injury ended his career and left him quietly overlooked at Willow Bend Rescue for years, waiting for a purpose nobody thought to offer him again. Sophie Voss has been part of the therapy program for over a year, working steadily on her shyness without a single dramatic crisis to point to. She's started to believe her quiet struggle isn't worth anyone's attention. When Gran proposes a public demonstration showing the whole town what Willow Bend Rescue actually does, Sophie and Journey find each other, two ...

Some fears don't go away. You just learn to carry them differently. Ranger used to be one of the best barrel racing horses on the circuit, fast, smart, and fearless, until an arena accident changed everything. Now the mere sound of a crowd sends him into a panic. When he arrives at Willow Bend Rescue, right as the fairgrounds down the road come roaring back to life for spring prep season, eleven-year-old Nora Bellamy faces her hardest case yet. Caleb Osei used to be a rising young rider, until a fall of his own left him too scared to get back in a saddle. When Ms. Alvarez brings him to the ...

Spirit of the Stable by R. L. Mathis is a thoughtful and gently inspiring adventure for young readers ages 8–12. Spirit is a young horse learning what it means to belong. In the quiet routines of the stable—morning light, steady work, and careful lessons—he begins to understand that growth does not come from speed or strength alone. It comes from patience, awareness, and the courage to stay calm when the world feels uncertain. As Spirit encounters new situations, unfamiliar sounds, and changing expectations, he learns how to listen, how to wait, and how to trust both himself and those...

A storm stole Midnight from everything he had ever known. Lost among the rugged mountains of the Australian high country, the young black brumby expects only loneliness. Instead, he discovers Fernhill Valley—a peaceful place where kindness is measured not by words, but by deeds. There he meets an unforgettable group of friends: wise old stock horse Old Blue, practical Matilda the wombat, ever-laughing Banjo the kookaburra, adventurous Piper the sugar glider, resourceful Cedric the echidna, mischievous Dusty the young dingo, and the quietly watchful Myrtle. Together they face hidden ...

Enjoy three amazing pony stories in this fantastic collection by the Amazon best-selling author of The Riverdale Pony Stories, Amanda Wills. This exciting edition contains "The Midnight Pony", "Juno’s Foal", and "The Pony of Tanglewood Farm".

David Lee is 12 years old and disappointed in his father Earl, a once-famous rodeo clown who has quit the circuit and moved David to a small town in Vermont to start a new life. David has a hard time adjusting to life as a “normal” boy and is hurt that his father never allowed him the chance to be his partner in the rodeo arena. When Earl tries to buy David a horse at auction, David pretends to have no interest in it, and the horse is sold, instead, to a 70-year-old woman named Sarah Tierney.

On a savagely cold night in the mountains of Montana, a painfully injured mare and a runaway 16-year-old named Andy “Smith” enter the solitary life of Justin Allan. In his anxiety over the black horse, Justin ignores the mystery surrounding the quiet boy with the remarkable gift for working with injured animals. When Justin breaks his leg in a hunting accident, Andy remains to take care of the two invalids. During the bleak months of struggle to overcome poverty and the bitter winter, the old cowboy and the lonely boy develop a close bond of affection and respect for one another.

Trevor Evans has been teaching the children a useful skill - how to read a map. To test out their new skills, the children separate into teams to race each other to the top of Mount Pontypandy. James and Sarah are on one team, and Mandy and Norman are on the other. When Norman decides he doesn’t need to use the map though his team runs into trouble, and Fireman Sam and the fire department are soon on their way to the rescue!

Charlie is an adorable young horse. He wants to be a famous racehorse like his dad, Charles the Great. But he doesn't like to focus on his work. He'd rather munch on flowers. Who helps him progress toward his big dream? What happens when he has trouble on the racetrack? Does he persevere? Does his dream come true? Listen to find out more.

Lily, an elegant Arabian mare, lives on Nelson Farm surrounded by athletic performance horses. She shares her stall with a goat named Walter and a cat named Boo. Together they observe life on the busy farm, a life that she cannot participate in. Lily has every comfort at Nelson Farm but she does not have a person to call her own, and she is beginning to wonder if she ever will.

When novelist Jake Conley regains consciousness after a serious head injury, he discovers he’s affected by a rare condition: synaesthesia. This not only gives his brain heightened psychic powers, but also affects his behavior. Nationally prominent after discovering the tomb of King Aldfrith and writing a best seller, Jake is in a world of trouble.

After his mother and sister are killed in a trailer fire, Luke Smith turns to thievery to raise money and protect his people from oppression. In the world of gypsy travelers and underworld brigands, danger is never far away. When a burglary goes awry, Luke is pulled into a web of lies and deception that reveals a stunning truth. Trying to set things right, Luke has to balance between justice and revenge. But in the end, which will prevail?