L. M. Elliott

As an adult who was once a horse-crazy girl, I can tell you that this will be an instant classic with that demographic. This story, set during the Depression follows two young girls through the challenges of losing their mother, home, and ultimately their father to the Depression. Bea faces all of these challenges as the older sister tasked with caring for her younger sister and finding a way for them to survive. Little does she know that a crazy abused chestnut, a sad older woman, and a menagerie of overlooked people would be just what she needs to survive. This will definitely be a new classic and I know I loved it just as much as any other classic horse tale that I read in my lifetime!… (more)