Phoenix

Harper’s life just exploded. Her parents are getting a divorce and eleven-year-old Harper and her mother are starting again—in a cramped house, in a new town, where everything feels unfamiliar, including the riding stables next door. Harper has never been around horses before. And no, she does not want to learn to ride. Then a truck dumps a starved and neglected horse right in Harper’s yard.

One look at the horse’s huge eyes and skinny body and something inside Harper unlocks. She names the horse Phoenix, and she will not give up on him. Neither, it turns out, will Phoenix give up on her. Will this be Harper’s first step towards new friends? Towards riding?

Phoenix is for readers of the Pony Club Secrets series and anyone who loves horses.

PRAISE:

'Horse-obsessed ten-year-old me would have devoured this book in one sitting.' Nova Weetman, author, with Emily Gale, of Outlaw Girls
'A potent, heartrending story about surviving upheaval and discovering that some rescues work both ways.’ Kirkus [starred review]

‘All the charm, wit, and fierce intelligence readers have come to expect from Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.’ Holly Goldberg Sloan, New York Times bestselling author of Counting by 7s and Short
'A story of hope rising stubbornly above despair. Beautiful, authentic, and so moving, it’s a gripping and heart-expanding read.' Carrie Seim, author of Horse Girl and Horse Camp: A Horse Girl Mystery

‘Capturing the ache of growing up, Phoenix is as much about loyalty and determination as it is about horses.’
Karys McEwen, author of The Paperbark Tree Committee