The Doings of Hilda
Hilda makes a series of resolutions on her thirteenth birthday, but they prove rather harder to keep than she had imagined, particularly when her year at school start a feud with the older children in the Secondary year.
The Equen Queen
While moored to a new world Quentaris is approached by another sky-city. The sky-traders onboard seem friendly and generous, offering the Quentarans food and gems, but are in fact setting a trap.
The Gift-Wrapped Pony
The Mitchell family’s pony, Arum, is a confirmed escaper, and at last their father has had enough. If they can’t stop her getting loose, she will be sold, and so the family start their Save Arum campaign.
The Gundaroo Pony
Dianne lives with her parents in Gundaroo, and one Christmas she is given a little grey pony.
The Last Muster
This book has adventure, wild horses, musters and getting lost, but it’s also about ownership. Who owns the land? And who owns stories? Jandamarra hid out on the station a century before. For the white family who lived there, he was a threat; for his people, a freedom fighter.
The Lonely One
An historical novel set in the New Zealand of the 1860s. Bill Campion is being brought up by foster parents, but they are not on his side, and eventually, unable to bear their growing dislike, he runs away.
The Long Ride
In 1862, an explorer and his mare trekked 4,000 miles through Australia. Joey Meehan, on his grey mare Polly, sets off along the same trail.
The Manx Star
Manx Star is a Thoroughbred race horse – a stallion. He is sent to a station as a break in his training, but he escapes, and joins the wild herds of horses.
The Price of a Prize
Brook’s mum wins a week of lessons from a famous dressage instructor, but when Pippi Heatherington turns out to be ‘the leopard lady’, Rosie’s prize becomes a nightmare.
The Quicksand Pony
Biddy has to leave her pony in the quicksand, but when she returns, there’s no sign of the pony: only hoof prints and paw prints, and other, small, human prints. Who has rescued Bella?