About the author
Mary Sharp has writtten two titles for the J A Allen Junior Equestrian Library. She was born and educated in Oxford; rode first on Port Meadow, and ran a sailing school in Cornwall with her husband. Her sailing background is reflected in Dream Horse, whose heroine, Becky, is the only horse lover in a family of boaties. Second Best Pony is unusual in featuring a Fell pony: not the commonest breed to crop up in pony books (though nowhere near as rare as the Dales – none, as far as I know.)
Finding the books
Both easy to find.
Bibliography
Dream Horse
J A Allen, 1991, pb
Becky is the only horse lover in a family full of sailing enthusiasts, and she wants a horse of her own. After she takes part in a sponsored fast at school, she is light-headed from lack of food, and dreams of a black stallion. She’s not sure if he’s just a dream, or something more.
Second Best Pony
J A Allen, 1993, pb
Becky’s pony trekking holiday in the Lake District should have been wonderful, but then Becky and her friend Emma manage to lose Storm, a valuable pony, and Becky sets off into the mountains alone to try and find him.
