Horse Book Reviews - Jessica Young's Horse Books

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Title: The Black Stallion - Zambia

Horse Book Review: When thirteen-year-old Ace Foster moves to a sheep farm in Namibia, she misses her horse, True Champion, and the home that she left back in Cape Town. However, Ace is quickly entranced by the beauty and wildness of Oasis Ranch, her new home. She begins exploring the deserts surround the ranch. One day, while on a ride with her friend Vicky, the two girls encounter a wild, black-as-night stallion. Ace falls in love with the stunning creature, but does not see him again. Then, one day, Ace finds the same Namibian Wild Horse stallion, this time severely injured by barbed wire. She rescues him and they begin to form a strong bond. But as his condition improves, it becomes obvious that he is totally wild and untamable. Ace wants the best for the stallion, but is afraid to let him go back to his life as a wild animal. Now she faces the most challenging decision of her life: To let her horse go or to keep him in the confines of captivity for the rest of his days.

Title: The Black Stallion - Wild Fire

Horse Book Review: It is awhile after Ace Foster’s beloved stallion, Zambia, escaped from her sheep ranch in Namibia. Now, after a failed attempt to train the untamable Wild Thing, she has ended up badly injured. So, after she has recovered, Ace starts trying to find out more about the aloof and scared young gelding. But what she finds out is not what she expected and gives her a whole new insight into Wild Thing’s history. Ace begins working with the fiery, chestnut horse. However, Wild Thing lacks the trust and relationship that Ace had with Zambia, so she finds it very difficult to get through to him. But then just as things start going smoothly, Wild Thing escapes and disappears into Namibia’s vast landscape. Ace searches and searches, but she cannot find the only other horse she dared to love like Zambia. Will Ace find Wild Thing? If she does, can she whisper him back and prove that he is a winner after all he has been through?

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Title: The Black Stallion - Recaptured

Horse Book Review: Thirteen-year-old Ace Foster has some new neighbors – the Richards. Ace and Timothy Richards are quick friends. Timothy is fun, happy and friendly, but as for his older sister Cassandra – well, she is a different story entirely. Cassandra Richards had wanted Ace’s now-wild stallion Zambia since the day she laid eyes on him in Ace’s paddock. She wanted him enough, in fact, to set light to Ace’s paddock. Now, Ace is even more wary of the older girl after Cassandra threatened to do something dreadful to Ace or her horse while she was at Timothy’s house for a day. Suddenly, Zambia disappears off the range, leaving his herd venerable. Ace does not know where her stallion has gone, but knows that she needs to find him. Then, Ace gets a call from her new friend, and leaps into an unbelievable and heartbreaking adventure to save her stallion’s life.

Title: The Black Stallion - Wild at Heart

Horse Book Review: Ace Foster’s fourteenth birthday is just around the corner, so she is very excited. As the special day draws nearer, Ace begins to think a lot about Zambia’s herd. Ace has always liked one of her stallion’s mares, who she calls Nebula. Nebula is the oldest out of all the mares in his herd, but still stunning. Nebula is so like Zambia that Ace began to wonder if they are related. But on her birthday treasure hunt, her friend Kaden sees Nebula and decides that she is his long-lost Arabian mare, Freedom. Ace and Kaden argue heatedly, making both teenagers cross. Then, when Kaden catches Nebula, Ace is furious enough to kill. But then, Ace sees the amazing bond Nebula has with her friend, and her mind begins to wonder. Now she does not know which way to go. But before she can make up her mind, a tragic, accidental event changes everything. Now Ace and Kaden have to find a way to solve their problems so they can save Nebula’s life.

Title: The Black Stallion - Princess Renegade

Horse Book Review: Weeks after her fourteen birthday, Ace Foster gets a surprise present from her new friend, Cassandra Richards. Ace never expected a pretty, white, Arabian mare. The young horse - called Princess Renegade - is half sister to Cassandra’s own Arab, Jewel of Arabia. But, despite their close bloodlines, the two horses are worlds apart. Renegade is unpredictable and uncontrollable. It is not that the mare is out of control – she was just born with a spirit of wildness. Then, an attack of colic, caused by Ace’s carelessness, tips the scales and Ace breaks thorough with Renegade. Then Ace contacts Princess’s breeder, Julia Hanson, and gets invited to her stud farm where she can be helped in training Princess Renegade. Everything seems normal enough, but add five unmanageable horses, a proposal, a flashflood and an escape in it all, and the story turns into one of the biggest and most complicated adventures Ace has ever had.