NOBODY`S HORSE - Faber

Abby loves horses and spends all of her free time helping Dad train them on their farm. With troubles at school and the fights at home, the horses are her only escape. But there's one gelding who seems to have more problems than Abby. A horse who won't meet her gaze and bucks her off every chance he gets, a horse nobody wants. Can Abby find a way to help him? And in doing so can she sort out her own life? A beautiful story of a girl's love for horses from the Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley Wonderful storytelling. Hilary McKay