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The One Dollar Horse: Race the Wind

Book 2

Lauren St John, Author

Paperback

Series: The One Dollar Horse

Imprint: Orion Children's Books

Publication date: August 30, 2013

Category: Animal stories (Children's / Teenage)

ISBN: 9781444007978

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‘One of the best characters in this thrilling rags-to-riches tale is Storm Warning. You can’t help but identify with this courageous animal and St John makes you feel the thrill of what it must be like to jump over a fence on a horse with such heart and soul. No nagging doubts, this book’s a winner.’ The Telegraph

When Casey Blue’s victory at the Badminton Horse Trials earns her and Storm an invitation to the prestigious Kentucky Three Day Event in the US, it is a dream come true. But that dream is about to turn into a nightmare.

After her father is arrested for a crime Casey is convinced he didn’t commit, she finds herself the victim of a vicious blackmailer. To make matters worse, Storm is behaving like the out-of-control horse he once was. Faced with losing everything she loves, she needs the help of Peter, her farrier boyfriend, to compete against some of the best riders on earth. But is he for her or against her?

The second romantic thriller in The One Dollar Horse series.

Reviews

...one of the best characters in this thrilling rags-to-riches tale is Storm Warning. You can't help but identify with this courageous animal and St John makes you feel the thrill of what it must be like to jump over a fence on such a horse with such heart and soul. No nagging doubts, this book's a winner.

TELEGRAPH ONLINE

Certain to be a huge favourite with readers and will bear comparison with classic horse stories by authors such as Patricia Leitch and KM Peyton.

BOOKS FOR KEEPS

The One Dollar Horse is certain to be huge favourite with readers and will bear comparison with classic horse stories by authors such as Patricia Leitch and K M Peyton.

BOOKS FOR KEEPS

There are many twists and turns but the plot is easy to follow and gripping, I would recommend this book for girls aged from twelve through to adult. The author has a flowing style and an art for bringing her characters to life.

NEWBOOKSMAG

Lauren St John's The One Dollar Horse is rare among pony books in setting its dream-come-true story in inner-city London... Writerly, full of equestrian knowledge and rich in character - not least of the horse - this is also a tale of first love, and is a handsome package with deep pink-edged pages.

THE SUNDAY TIMES

Lauren St John

Lauren St John grew up surrounded by horses, cats, dogs and a pet giraffe on a farm and game reserve in Zimbabwe, the inspiration for her bestselling White Giraffe and One Dollar Horse series, as well as her YA horse novel, The Glory. Dead Man’s Cove, the first in her Laura Marlin Mystery series, won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Before becoming a children’s author, she worked as a journalist for The Sunday Times, writing about sports, music and spies. Along with her veterinary nursing training, it served as perfect research for her Kat Wolfe mystery series and The Snow Angel, a standalone MG novel.

A passionate conservationist, Lauren is an Ambassador for the Born Free Foundation, a patron for horse sanctuary, Mane Chance, and the founder of Authors4Oceans. When not rescuing leopards and dolphins, she is a full-time valet to her rescued, and not in the least demanding, Bengal cat, Max.

To find out more, visit her website at www.laurenstjohn.com