About the author
Deborah Savage (b.1955) was born in Massachusetts. She hated school, and left at the age of 17 to travel. Great Britain featured in her travels: I wonder if New Zealand did too, as several of her books are set there. She took a degree in writing and illustration at the University of Massachusetts. At least three of her books have equine themes.
Finding the books
Easy to find, though slightly more so in their native USA.
Links and sources
Deborah Savage on Bookrags
Deborah Savage on Scholastic (link no longer works)
Bibliography (horse books only)
To Race a Dream
Houghton Mifflin, Boston,1994, 245 pp
HarperCollins, New York, 1996, pb
15-year-old Theo loves writing and wants to be a jockey. There’s little chance of this in 1930’s America, and her family’s focus is anyway on her more conventional sister, Claudia, and her talent for the violin. Theo gets a job at a stables by dressing as a boy, and sees both her and her sister’s dreams change.
Under a Different Sky
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1997, 276 pp.
Puffin USA, 2002, pb
Ben, 17 doesn’t know whether to pursue his dreams of dressage glory, or to sell his horse and help the family finances.
Kotuku
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2002, 291 pp.
Wim cannot get over the death of her best friend, and spends all her time at the stables. She retreats into rescuing animals, including the vicious horse Kid. Three newcomers appear in Wim’s life: academic David, his niece, and Wim’s elderly aunt, whose confusion retreats only when she is with Wim.
