Sierra Landsing and River Girard are close friends; sharing their love and respect for horses, and helping each other recover from the loss of a friend and a horse they both loved. Sierra relies on River's coaching to help her progress in her ability to ride her Lusitano gelding, Fiel. River needs Sierra's help with the rehabilitation of his rogue horse, Corazon, rescued from the slaughterhouse. Sierra is not sure how she feels about River's interest in a very strange, gothic girl. River knows how he feels about Sierra's interest in a handsome, popular senior; he hates him. Sierra and River both suspect their enemy, Crystal Douglas, is using her elite status to manipulate those in her power to assure she gets what she wants; which is to win, and to humiliate and hurt both Sierra and River. Crystal owns a great horse, trained by River, and she may be unbeatable at the next Pacific Regional Combined Training Championship. The Boy Who Loves Horses is the continuing story of Sierra and River, and how their relationship with horses and each other effects the development of their characters as they approach adulthood.

(The Girl Who Loves Horses was previously published under the title Fiel.)Shoveling manure – no sweat. Working with a rude stable boy – can deal with it. Teased, humiliated and snubbed, thirteen-year-old Sierra Landsing endures all for the chance to learn to ride and to be around horses. River Girard, the stable boy, loves the horses as much as Sierra. He treats each horse with kindness and respect and surprisingly, as friendship develops between Sierra and River, she feels he treats her the same way as the horses. An amazingly gifted rider, River teaches Sierra a style of riding that she loves. But River doesn't compete, and when Sierra starts taking lessons from a professional and is confronted with harsh training methods, she is torn between doing what she thinks is right, or looking the other way in order to pursue her dream of competing in the Pacific Regional Combined Training Championship.

A sheltered girl. A wild horse. An unforgettable journey. This riveting story from Newbery honoree and New York Times bestseller Pam Munoz Ryan is perfect for fans of Marguerite Henry, Sara Pennypacker, and Rosanne Parry. Maya lives like a captive. At Grandmother's house in California, everything is forbidden: friends, fun, even memories. And her life is built on lies-lies Grandmother tells about her dead mother, and lies Maya tells to impress or manipulate. But then she moves to the vast Wyoming wilderness where her mother's family awaits -- kind, rugged people who have no tolerance for lies. They challenge Maya to confront the truth about who she is. And a mysterious mustang called Artemisia waits, too. She holds the key to Maya's freedom. But to find it, Maya will have to risk everything. . . including her life.

Crookedness has a negative effect on a horse's health, performance and behaviour. Thanks to a system of straightness training devised by the authors, the horse's basic way of going can be corrected in a short time. This book describes the process of correcting crookedness, and includes work both on the lunge and under saddle.

Paul and his sister Maureen's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.