Pony Tales
4 total works
Jade's summer is not looking too good. She needs to find a new home for Pip, her beautiful old mare, and is resigned to schooling troublesome Taniwha. Then she gets some good news. Becca's Aunt Flora, who has a riding school by the beach at Ocean Bay, is looking for a bombproof beginner's mount - namely, Pip! Better still, would Jade like to spend a few weeks helping out around the school and learning about endurance riding? Of course. To Jade, Samudra Riding School is heaven. Unfortunately, a property developer thinks so, too, and is determined to build luxury beach houses on the horses' land. Jade must find a way to save perfect Pip's new home.
At the time, offering to take home the worst-behaved pony at the Showjumping Champs seemed like a brave decision. Now, back in Mr White s paddock, too nervous to even mount her five-year-old monster, Taniwha, Jade is feeling stupid. 'Have you ever been hunting? It s probably exactly what your feisty Kaimanawa boy needs.' Two years older than Jade, and home from boarding school, Zoe Death couldn t be much more intimidating. But maybe she s right? Persuaded by her friends Becca and Laura, Jade spends the winter holidays on the Deaths sheep station. Is this the perfect opportunity for Jade to recover her confidence and bond with Taniwha, or a dangerous mistake?
Jade loves reading about beautiful, clever horses and their young riders. It takes her mind off her real-life troubles.
It must be fate. After a family tragedy, Jade Lennox has moved to tiny Flaxton to live with her grandfather. A whole year in the middle of nowhere, and the future looks bleak. Until, that is, she finds someone else who's lonely and despairing - a pony under a death sentence. Jade can't let the black pony die. But what can she do? She has no money, no land for grazing, and doesn't know the first thing about looking after horses. What she does know is that she must save the stray . . . Ages 8-12.
It must be fate. After a family tragedy, Jade Lennox has moved to tiny Flaxton to live with her grandfather. A whole year in the middle of nowhere, and the future looks bleak. Until, that is, she finds someone else who's lonely and despairing - a pony under a death sentence. Jade can't let the black pony die. But what can she do? She has no money, no land for grazing, and doesn't know the first thing about looking after horses. What she does know is that she must save the stray . . . Ages 8-12.
At last Jade can do what she has always dreamed about - ride her own pony. In the second of the Pony Tales series, Jade Lennox faces a new challenge. Now that her dad is out of prison and has a job in Flaxton, she can prepare her beloved pony, Pip, for the national Pony Club Champs. She s made the junior team, and her coach is Olympic gold medallist, Michaela Lewis. But when Pip develops laminitis, Jade must ride Dorian, the exquisite but temperamental grey. Can they become a partnership in time? Will Pip ever recover? And will saving another abused pony jeopardize her own chances of winning the championship? Jade faces some tough decisions.