August 2015, Orion Children's Books, 144 pages, Paperback, Review copies
Content: dealing with emotions, competitiveness, some humour, sweet moments
Book summary
Katy's life has never been busier. What with riding Jacko, keeping
Trifle in shape and trying to tame her cheeky foal, Tinkerbell, Katy
certainly has her hands full! New neighbour, James, is eager to help but
doesn't always seem to save Katy much time! Things are just as hectic
for her best friend, Alice, who has a brilliant and demanding show
jumping pony. So when Katy hears about a new sport called horse agility,
she wonders if it could help her solve all kinds of problems . . .
Nayu's Thoughts
This
is an absolutely heartwarming read horse read from Victoria, with
lessons of frustration and jealousy explored by Katy. I kept
laughing every time she got in a mood, because I saw my younger self
in her (minus the whole having 3 horses thing. I didn't have 1,
certainly not 3! For the record I didn't want one, I prefer admiring
them from afar.
Katy learnt a lot about horses – she discovers she
doesn't know it all, especially on how to bring up a foal – and I
learn a lot from her. The mistakes she made made sense to me when
they were pointed out, but until then I didn't think she was doing a
lot wrong. She is desperate to prove she can do it all herself, but a
fact of life is none of us are perfect, or have all the skills we
need to do tasks, such as caring for different types of horses. Katy
has to ask for help, which is hard to do but in the end it's worth
it. She manages to help a wonderfully sweet boy with extra needs,
which softened her frustrations.
Find out more on Victoria's website.
Available at most bookstores including NRC affiliate Foyles.
Suggested read
Be sure to read the other books in this series starting with Katy's Wild foal by Victoria Eveleigh (Children's, 7 years +, 10E/10E)
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