Horse Book Reviews - Jessica Young's Horse Books

Published The Black Stallion books!

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?

Coming soon – more The Black Stallion books!

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.

Coming soon – more great books by the same author!

Title: Ghost Horse

Horse Book Review: To Kathy he is her lost horse, the one who put her in a wheelchair and caused her to never ride a horse again. To the cyclists and hikers he is a monster, a devil that stalks them through the trees as they ride or walk on the trails. To Jessica he is a phantom, an untamable wild spirit whom, if she could find, she would love to befriend . . .

When fourteen-year-old Jessica Young first hears of the phantom creature called “the Ghost Horse” who has been terrorizing the mountain bikers and hikers of Tokai Forest, she thinks that it is just a weird tale. But, when she sees the Ghost Horse herself, she realizes that the stories are not only true, but that the ‘Ghost’ Horse is actually real! Jessica has always dreamed of having a horse of her own and knows that if she could befriend the wild animal he could be hers forever . . .

Title: The Nightriders

Horse Book Review:Finding an abandoned mare does not seem too unusual to horse enthusiast Taylor Reece and her best friend Melanie. Carthorses are a regular thing in their lives. The two fourteen-year-old girls smuggle the mare onto Taylor’s property and hide her there. Taylor and Melanie devote themselves to caring for Moonrise – as Taylor named the white mare – who they keep in the big, unused shed at the back of Taylor’s garden. Bit by bit, they gather all the things they need to take care of Moonrise, but they are still missing on thing – space. To make up for the days Moonrise has to spend in the shed, Taylor and Dustin – Melanie’s younger brother - start taking the white mare out at night onto the sports fields to run about. After awhile, Taylor gets the courage to try riding Moonrise, even though she has never been on the back of a horse. Despite all odds, Taylor finds she is a natural at bareback riding, which is all she can do as Moonrise has no saddle. But as she gets better and better at riding, Taylor realizes that Moonrise is no ordinary carthorse. The little white mare is a born racer. She is faster than any pony-sized horse Taylor or her friends have ever seen. She can jump too, much higher than expected of a small horse. Taylor’s and Moonrise’s night time rides become more and more frequent. Then, on one dark night without anyone there, Taylor meets four teenage boys and their ponies. With that meeting, Taylor’s whole world changes forever – in such a way that her life may be at risk.

Coming soon – a new, amazing series!

Title: Forest Breeze Stables - Bonfire

Horse Book Review: Dylan O’Connor has just moved to South Africa with her mother Tracy and her brother Kris. Things became too expensive for them in England when William – their father and husband – left them after his mare, Eagle’s Wings, died in a Cross-Country accident and his other horse, Blazing Bonfire, was stolen. Now, in their new house in Tokai Forest, things seem better. Dylan loves the beauty of the place, the animals and her new friend, Tyler Russell. However, one thing is missing – Bonfire, her chestnut gelding. Dylan loved Bonfire more than anything, but he was stolen after her father left the alarm in their stable off. Also, Dylan is plagued by things she calls, “The Whispers”, who come to taunt her about her past at night. Then, Tyler takes Dylan to his aunt’s riding stable. There, Dylan makes friends with Rachel Van Henderson and the horses of the stable. However, she also creates an enemy in Priscilla Hawkins – the rich, gorgeous daughter of a Hawaiian millionaire. But then, while exploring the stables, Dylan finds an abused, chestnut gelding – who looks exactly like her stolen horse. After examining the horse, Dylan finds out that he is Bonfire. Naturally, she’s excited – but two things dampen her spirits. Bonfire was abused by the people who stole him, leaving him emotionally traumatized. Also, he now belongs to Janet – Tyler’s aunt. Dylan knows that she may never own her beloved horse again – but either way, she is determined to help him.