Saddle Club Bindup 20: Purebred & Gift Horse

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Purebred: When Carole and her father travel to Minnesota to visit relatives, Carole has the perfect opportunity to work on a school assignment to create a family tree. Ever since her mother died, Carole has been curious about that side of the family, especially about an ancestor who journeyed north along the Underground Railroad. Then Carole discovers a secret lurking in her family tree, and she begins to question where she's come from. Do bloodlines matter as much with people as they do with horses Gift Horse: Stevie is ecstatic. After years of wanting a horse of her own, her parents have given her 'No-Name', a beautiful Arabian saddlebred. And everyone can see that the frisky, sassy mare is the perfect match for a rider like fun-loving Stevie. But before Stevie can find a name for the beautiful mare, her happiness is abruptly shattered. During a Pony Club exhibition, another girl claims that 'No-Name' was stolen from her family's barn!

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Bonnie Bryant is the author of nearly a hundred books about horses, including The Saddle Club, Pine Hollow and Pony Tails series. She has also written novels and movie novelisations under her married name, B.B. Hiller. Ms Bryant began writing The Saddle Club in 1986. Although she had done some riding before that, she intensified her studies then and found herself learning right along with her characters Stevie, Carole, and Lisa. She claims that they are all much better riders than she is. Ms Bryant was born and raised in New York City. She still lives there, in Greenwich Village, with her two sons.