Download or read book First Term at Ravensbay written by Cressida Burton and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Well done, Paige! We're absolutely thrilled to tell you that you're the winner of our Ponies! Ponies! Ponies! magazine 25th year anniversary national 'Pony School' competition. As you know, first prize is for the magazine to pay your fees in full for the Ravensbay Boarding School and Equestrian Academy..." ...and so, eleven-year-old Paige Buchanan is catapulted from her quiet Edinburgh life, living with her mother and attending the local primary school, into the privileged world of Ravensbay where she will discover a whole new vocabulary: snacks are 'tuck', homework is 'prep' and the words 'competition girl' aren't meant as a compliment! Convinced she'll never fit in, Paige is all set to give up her place at school and return home when she sees a blue roan mare running wild in the fields. It's love at first sight for Paige, but the mare, Blue Angel, is to be sold as dangerous unless someone can save her. Suddenly Paige has a reason to stay, but can she face her fears, makes friends and, ultimately, save the pony of her dreams from a terrible fate? First Term at Ravenbay is the first title in this brand new and modern equestrian boarding school series which will follow Paige and her school-mates from their very first day in year seven, through the school years, term by term. Paige's dorm-mates are remote and prickly Taryn, very much in the shadow of her famous showjumping sister and horribly homesick; misfit swot Anna, sent to school by her wealthy, well-meaning aunt; and Paige's nemesis, pony diva Savannah, whose mother is a school governor and will do everything in her power to get the 'competition girl', kicked out of the school. Along the way you'll meet the teachers, prefects, Will the stable lad, and all the ponies! And then there's Blue Angel, a damaged blue roan American Quarter Horse. Paige's determination to save Blue Angel gets her, and her new friends, into trouble, not to mention demerit points for her house, as well as multiple bruises and far too many visits to the headmistress's office. But, in the end, it will all be worth it...won't it? The Ravensbay School Stories are the perfect pony books for fans of Amanda Wills, Stacy Gregg, Jessica Burkhart (Canterwood Crest), Lauren Brooke (Chestnut Hill) and Olivia Tuffin, and for fans of boarding school series such as Malory Towers and Trebizon.

Download or read book First Term at Ravensbay written by Cressida Burton and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Well done, Paige!We're absolutely thrilled to tell you that you're the winner of our Ponies! Ponies! Ponies! magazine 25th year anniversary national 'Pony School' competition. As you know, first prize is for the magazine to pay your fees in full for the Ravensbay Boarding School and Equestrian Academy..."...and so, eleven-year-old Paige Buchanan is catapulted from her quiet Edinburgh life, living with her mother and attending the local primary school, into the privileged world of Ravensbay where she will discover a whole new vocabulary: snacks are 'tuck', homework is 'prep' and the words 'competition girl' aren't meant as a compliment!Convinced she'll never fit in, Paige is all set to give up her place at school and return home when she sees a blue roan mare running wild in the fields. It's love at first sight for Paige, but the mare, Blue Angel, is to be sold as dangerous unless someone can save her.Suddenly Paige has a reason to stay, but can she face her fears, makes friends and, ultimately, save the pony of her dreams from a terrible fate?

Download or read book The Riverdale Pony Stories written by Amanda Wills and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pony with a troubled past.A girl who sets out to save him.Do they have the courage to risk everything to find their happy ending?Join Poppy and Cloud on six amazing adventures in The Riverdale Pony Stories box set.THE LOST PONY OF RIVERDALE: Poppy McKeever is reluctant to move to an old cottage on Dartmoor - until she discovers that her new home comes complete with its own pony. But life at Riverdale is not as straight-forward as it seems, especially when Poppy spies a flash of white in the woods. When Poppy is faced with a terrible dilemma - to save her brother or the pony she has always longed for - who will she choose? AGAINST ALL HOPE: A visit to the vet brings some unwelcome news for Poppy. Cloud has broken a bone and may never be sound enough to ride. As she nurses him back to full strength a mysterious girl moves into the village. But the more Poppy gets to know Hope Taylor and her scheming mum Shelley, the more she wonders if there is more to Hope's story than the pair are letting on. Before she can confront them, Cloud falls gravely ill. And Poppy faces the toughest night of her life as she battles to save her pony.INTO THE STORM: Poppy is delighted to win a riding holiday in the Forest of Dean and she and her best friend Scarlett arrive at Oaklands Trekking Centre full of excitement. Poppy struggles to click with her horse, a hairy, bumbling piebald cob with a wall eye and a stubborn streak. But Beau is the least of her worries when her friendship with Scarlett is pushed to breaking point. Trouble is brewing at Oaklands, threatening its future. When a brutal storm rips through the forest, threatening the lives of the Oaklands horses, only Poppy can save them. But first she must place her trust in the most unlikely of heroes.REDHALL RIDERS: When a pony trek ends in tragedy at Redhall Manor Equestrian Centre, Poppy and Scarlett find themselves unexpectedly in charge. It soon becomes clear that someone has a grudge against Redhall and is intent on putting the stables out of business. Poppy's worst nightmare comes true when an intruder lets Cloud out of his stable and the Connemara escapes onto the moor. Convinced he is lost to her forever, Poppy sets out to discover who is behind the vendetta. But can she find the answers before it's too late?THE SECRET OF WITCH COTTAGE: When Poppy stumbles across an abandoned cottage high on the moor, she has no idea of the secrets hidden behind its granite walls.Legend has it that Witch Cottage is haunted, but could the old croft be at the heart of something even more sinister?And what is the connection with Jodie Morgan, the owner of a local horse rescue charity on the brink of closure? Jodie also has a secret. One that Poppy must unravel if she is to save the older girl from making a terrible mistake that could jeopardise both the rescue horses and her own future. MISSING ON THE MOOR: Poppy and Cloud are all set for their first showjumping competition. Only Poppy's nerves stand in her way.When snooty rich girl Georgia Canning disappears halfway through the show, it barely hits Poppy's radar.Until her beloved donkey Chester also goes missing and she realises something is dreadfully wrong. So begins a chain reaction that will see Poppy face up to her arch enemy - and force her to think on her feet before time runs out for both Chester and Georgia.Can Poppy unravel the clues before it's too late?

Download or read book Hosts of Rebecca written by Alexander Cordell and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the time of the Rebecca Riots when economic turmoil and unjust taxes have left the communities of south Wales in dire poverty with many on the brink of starvation. A time when young men ride through the night smashing and burning the symbols of their oppression. The Mortymer family have left their home in the iron-making country of Blaenafon to seek work in the coal mines of the south. Young Jethro Mortymer decides that he must join the rioters in their bitter struggle even as he is tortured by his own struggle to conceal the love he has for the beautiful Mari, his brother's wife. THE HOSTS OF REBECCA is a brilliant continuation of Alexander Cordell's classic story of mid-nineteenth century Wales which began with THE RAPE OF THE FAIR COUNTRY.

Download or read book The Midwife of Venice written by Roberta Rich and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not since Anna Diamant’s The Red Tent or Geraldine Brooks’s People of the Book has a novel transported readers so intimately into the complex lives of women centuries ago or so richly into a story of intrigue that transcends the boundaries of history. A “lavishly detailed” (Elle Canada) debut that masterfully captures sixteenth-century Venice against a dramatic and poetic tale of suspense. Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers using her secret “birthing spoons.” When a count implores her to attend his dying wife and save their unborn son, she is torn. A Papal edict forbids Jews from rendering medical treatment to Christians, but his payment is enough to ransom her husband Isaac, who has been captured at sea. Can she refuse her duty to a woman who is suffering? Hannah’s choice entangles her in a treacherous family rivalry that endangers the child and threatens her voyage to Malta, where Isaac, believing her dead in the plague, is preparing to buy his passage to a new life. Told with exceptional skill, The Midwife of Venice brings to life a time and a place cloaked in fascination and mystery and introduces a captivating new talent in historical fiction.

Download or read book Rape of the Fair Country written by Alexander Cordell and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume in Alexander Cordell's classic trilogy of mid-nineteenth century Wales. Set in the grim valleys of the Welsh iron country during the turbulent times of the Industrial Revolution, this unforgettable novel begins the saga of the Mortymer family - a family of hard men and beautiful women, all forced into a bitter struggle with their harsh environment, as they slave and starve for the cruel English ironmasters. But adversity could never still the free spirit of Wales, or quiet its soaring voice, and the Mortymers struggle on even as the iron foundries ravish their homeland and cripple their people. Rape of the Fair Country launched the bestselling career of Alexander Cordell in 1959 and went on to sell millions of copies in seventeen languages throughout the world.

Download or read book Horses Forever written by Lynn Mann and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horses Forever is the sequel to The Horses Know Trilogy.

Download or read book Seeking Eden written by Ann Turnbull and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conclusion of Ann Turnbull's epic story of love and the struggle to stay true to what is most important - in spite of parents, society and even the law.Seeking Eden is the final chapter of Ann Turnbull's long-awaited Quaker trilogy. Will and Susanna Heywood (No Shame, No Fear and Forged in the Fire), now in their thirties, move, with their four children, to Pennsylvania, where freedom of religious thought is everyone's right. This is the story of their eldest child, Josiah, who finds work with George Bainbrigg in the dock area of Philadelphia and falls in love with his daughter, Kate. When they travel to Barbados on business and stay with Friends who are harassed by local laws, Josiah is shocked to learn that Quakers have slaves and that his boss deals in the slave trade. Once they return home, Josiah and Kate try to help two slaves who are in love, Antony and Patience, to attain their freedom - knowing the risks involved may result in lives that are even more unbearable.

Download or read book The Horses Rejoice written by Lynn Mann and published by Horses Know Trilogy. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in The Horses Know Trilogy, The Horses Rejoice is a novel for horse lovers who know there is more to horses than meets the eye.

Download or read book Decisions of the Court of Session 1781 1822 written by Scotland. Court of Session and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Steeplechase Secret Free Rein 1 written by Jeanette Lane and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this original novel based on the hit Netflix TV show, Zoe, Jade, and Becky investigate some strange happenings at the island's new steeplechase race track. Includes eight pages of photos!

Download or read book The Lost Pony of Riverdale written by Amanda Wills and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poppy McKeever is reluctant to move to an old cottage on Dartmoor - until she discovers that her new home comes complete with its own pony.But life at Riverdale is not as straight-forward as it seems, especially when Poppy spies a flash of white in the woods next to the cottage.Her stepmother Caroline is acting strangely and her adrenalin-junkie brother Charlie is on the hunt for big cats. But will Charlie's obsession drive the two children into dangerous territory?And when Poppy is faced with a terrible dilemma - to save her brother or the pony she has always longed for - who will she choose?

Download or read book Behind the Curtain written by Jonathan Wilson and published by Orion. This book was released on 2012-04-09 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Epic... Wilson writes captivatingly with humour...anyone with an interest in eastern European sport will be consulting this book for years to come' FINANCIAL TIMES 'This fascinating and perceptive travelogue includes a fine collection of anecdotes too colourful for fiction' SUNDAY TIMES 'A blissful book, lovingly and stylishly written' DAILY TELEGRAPH From the war-ravaged streets of Sarajevo, where turning up for training involved dodging snipers' bullets, to the crumbling splendour of Budapest's Bozsik Stadium, where the likes of Puskás and Kocsis masterminded the fall of England, the landscape of Eastern Europe has changed immeasurably since the fall of communism. Jonathan Wilson has travelled extensively behind the old Iron Curtain, viewing life beyond the fall of the Berlin Wall through the lens of football. Where once the state-controlled teams of the Eastern bloc passed their way with crisp efficiency - a sort of communist version of total football - to considerable success on the European and international stages, today the beautiful game in the East has been opened up to the free market, and throughout the region a sense of chaos pervades. The threat of totalitarian interference no longer remains; but in its place mafia control is generally accompanied with a crippling lack of funds. In BEHIND THE CURTAIN Jonathan Wilson goes in search of the spirit of Hungary's 'Golden Squad' of the early fifties, charts the disintegration of the footballing superpower that was the former Yugoslavia, follows a sorry tale of corruption, mismanagement and Armenian cognac through the Caucasuses, reopens the case of Russia's greatest footballer, Eduard Streltsov, and talks to Jan Tomaszewski about an autumn night at Wembley in 1973...

Download or read book Song of the Earth written by Alexander Cordell and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Take the Reins written by Jessica Burkhart and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sasha Silver and her horse, Charm, arrive on the campus of the elite Canterwood Crest Academy, Sasha knows that she's in trouble. She's not exactly welcomed with open arms. One group of girls in particular is used to being the best, the brightest, and the prettiest on the team, and when Sasha shows her skills in the arena, the girls' claws come out. Sasha is determined to prove that she belongs at Canterwood. Will she rise to the occasion and make the advanced riding team by the end of her first semester? Or will the pressure send Sasha packing?

Download or read book Six Ponies written by Josephine Pullein-Thompson and published by Jane Badger Books. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How I wish I were a better rider ... "Noel has no self-confidence. John has a nasty temper. June's mother thinks June is wonderful (and so does she). Evelyn thinks dressage is a waste of time. Her sister Hilary is not so sure, and Richard, well Richard is very good at hiding the truth from himself. The Pony Club is the despair of Major Holbrooke, its district commissioner.The Pony Club is presented with six New Forest ponies to break in. How they go about it, and the problems and triumphs they experience, are still just as entertaining and informative as when the book was published over 60 years ago.

Download or read book Redhall Riders written by Amanda Wills and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a pony trek ends in tragedy at Redhall Manor Equestrian Centre, Poppy and Scarlett find themselves unexpectedly in charge. It soon becomes clear that someone has a grudge against Redhall and is intent on putting the stables out of business. The two friends blame rival yard Claydon Manor - but are Georgia Canning and her hard-nosed livery manager Angela Snell really to blame? Poppy's worst nightmare comes true when an intruder lets Cloud out of his stable and the Connemara escapes onto the moor. Convinced he is lost to her forever, Poppy sets out to discover who is behind the vendetta. But can she find the answers before it's too late? This is the fourth book in the popular Riverdale Pony Stories, which follow the adventures of pony-mad Poppy McKeever and her beloved Connemara Cloud.