Horse Fever

  There was something to her right! She saw something move, but she didn’t know what it was.

  “Stevie!” Carole cried.

  “Look out!” Callie screamed from the backseat.

  Stevie swerved to the left on the narrow road, hoping it would be enough. Her answer was a sickening jolt as the car slammed into something solid. The car spun around, smashing against the thing again. When the thing screamed, Stevie knew it was a horse. Then it disappeared from her field of vision. Once again, the car spun. It smashed against the guardrail on the left side of the road and tumbled up and over it as if the rail had never been there.

  Down they went, rolling, spinning. Stevie could hear the screams of her friends. She could hear her own voice, echoing in the close confines of the car, answered by the thumps of the car rolling down the hillside into a gully. Suddenly the thumping stopped. The screams were stilled. The engine cut off. The wheels stopped spinning. And all Stevie could hear was the idle slap, slap, slap of her windshield wipers.

  “Carole?” she whispered. “Are you okay?”

  “I think so. What about you?” Carole answered.

  “Me too. Callie? Are you okay?” Stevie asked.

  There was no answer.

  “Callie?” Carole echoed.

  The only response was the girl’s shallow breathing.

  How could this have happened?

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Bonnie Bryant is the author of nearly a hundred books about horses, including The Saddle Club series, Saddle Club Super Editions, and the Pony Tails series. She has also written novels and movie novelizations under her married name, B. B. Hiller.

  Ms. Bryant began writing The Saddle Club in 1986. Although she had done some riding before that, she intensified her studies then and found herself learning right along with her characters Stevie, Carole, and Lisa. She claims that they are all much better riders than she is.

  Ms. Bryant was born and raised in New York City. She still lives there, in Greenwich Village, with her two sons.

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  SECRET HORSE

  Saddle Club #86

  The Saddle Club has a secret!

  Stevie Lake, Carole Hanson, and Lisa Atwood are hoping to compete in a prestigious horse show. To that end, they’re doing everything they can to stay on stable owner Max Regnery’s good side—including doing extra chores around Pine Hollow, such as exercising stable horses like Samson.

  Veronica diAngelo is sure she’ll be making the trip to the horse show—just as she’s sure she’ll bring home a blue ribbon. And of course Veronica has no intention of lifting a finger to help anyone.

  The Saddle Club would love to beat Veronica, but how? She and her horse are tough competition. Then Lisa takes Samson over a jump. He’s a natural. Now the Saddle Club has to keep their secret weapon under wraps and teach Veronica a lesson she won’t forget!