What will 13-year-old Cassie do when she unexpectedly finds a note buried in her show trunk from an unknown informant ... warning her that she'd better watch out or face serious consequences if she and her new hunter mare, Snowdrops, don't stop winning blue ribbons? Will she cave in to it, or will she set her heart on achieving her goals to qualify for the fall Children's Hunt Seat Equitation Championships despite the odds stacked up against her? Who left the note? Would somebody really hurt her or Snowdrops? It couldn't be her best friend since 3rd grade, could it?On top of the horse show drama, Cassie experiences her first dance and romance, along with all of the challenges she and her friends face as they move on from a tiny country grade school and get ready to head for the big high school in the fall. She will also face the hardest decision of her young life--a decision she avoids as long as possible.Book 2 in the Oak Lane Stable Adventure Series, Gray Horse at Oak Lane Stable is a YA novel about the dedication to riding, long-time friendships and making new friends, plus derailed ambitions--how other people's selfish motives affect our lives and the choices we consciously or unconsciously make, even as early as 8th grade.

Gray Horse at Oak Lane Stable: Book 2 of the Oak Lane Stable Adventures

Teen & Young Adult

Lukasavitz, Kerri

Literature & Fiction

Three Towers Press

She may be young, but she knows exactly what she needs.\nTwelve-year-old Cassie needs a horse. She’s determined to move up from helping out around Oak Lane Stable in exchange for a few riding lessons to having one of her own. But she needs a horse before the approaching Shady Creek Horse Show or she’ll get stuck riding George the old school horse and losing again to Lisa, her perfect classmate and riding rival since 5th grade, who has her own show horse and gets whatever she wants. But Cassie’s dad won’t buy her the bay mystery horse who shows up at the stable, rescued from a terrible fate, and is the one she’s sure is perfect for her. How can Cassie convince her dad to buy the mystery horse for her before time runs out and she loses the bay forever?\nMystery Horse at Oak Lane Stable, Book 1 of the Oak Lane Stable Adventure Series, was a 2018 Royal Dragonfly Book Award Winner for New Author. See how the series begins!

Mystery Horse at Oak Lane Stable (Adventures at Oak Lane Stable, 1)

Growing up is not always easy...\nNow that Cassie is fourteen, she can’t wait to ride in the Junior Division at horse shows, with their taller fences and higher stakes. But her new show jumper, Night Hawk, proves to be more than she can handle. Had her dad been right about Night Hawk? Did she make a huge mistake wanting to buy and show him? Will she ever win any of her jumper classes if she’s afraid to ride the tall, dark horse that she can’t control?\nAnd to complicate things more, Cassie sees Ben Winters at a horse show—the cute jumper rider she met last summer. How will she deal with her new crush when her old heartthrob, Tommy, wants to date her again, then a secret admirer leaves a Valentine’s Day card for her?\nBook 3 in the Oak Lane Stable Adventure Series addresses girls’ negative body images, adjusting to new environments, and facing fears brought on by trying something new, even when the impulse is to quit and turn back to what once felt safe and familiar.

Dark Horse at Oak Lane Stable: (Book 3 of 3) (Adventures at Oak Lane Stable, 3)

Twelve-year-old Cassie Piotrowski's dream of owning a horse becomes a reality when her dad receives an unexpected promotion at work despite the nation's economic struggles of 1975, but things don't go quite like she plans.
When Cassie, her dad, and Stan Hoffman—manager at Oak Lane Stable where Cassie rides and has helped out for a few years—spend a Saturday morning looking at a few possibilities for her, they come across four neglected horses headed for the kill pens. Despite Cassie pleading with her dad to rescue at least the bay horse, who seems to hold the most promise of the four, Cassie's dad refuses to buy any of them. Cassie is surprised the next day when she discovers the bay horse grazing in a paddock at Oak Lane Stable. She will need to convince her dad that the bay horse is perfect for her before the horse's mysterious past catches up to him and she loses him forever to new owners.
In addition to spending the summer before eighth grade hoping to finally get a horse, Cassie's friendship with Ingrid—one of her two best horsey friends—is tested when Cassie's secret crush asks Ingrid out on a movie-with-pizza-afterwards date. Despite being in the middle of horse-craziness, Cassie wonders if boys will ever ask her out.

Mystery Horse at Oak Lane Stable

Children's Books

Animals

Orange Hat Publishing

Mystery Horse at Oak Lane Stable (Oak Lane Stable Novel Series)

Marsh Edge Press