This book follows Sam through her fledgling riding career from "her first proper lesson" through to riding in the Summer Show. At first she struggles trying to control a temperamental pony Oscar, and is picked on by Cecilia Jones, the biggest bully on the yard. But then she discovers she can talk with the horses and ponies and they tell her that "if you really want to get your own back on Cecilia Jones, then you have got to do something she can't, do well on a pony she can't ride."
That pony is Mulberry. "She's the pony Miss Mildew has had to retire from the riding school for injuring so many riders," thanks to her moves - the world famous sliding stop, the stop and spin, the jack knife and the wall of death. Cecilia Jones was never able to ride her.
So Sam agrees to this much to the astonishment of Miss Mildew who runs the school, and Sam's mum and big sister. But Sam knows she has the ability to speak with Mulberry which she hopes will help her. Except Mulberry isn't speaking, and there are only eight weeks to go.
I read this to my 6-year-old daughter over a few bedtimes and she enjoyed it, even though she has never rode a horse. She also enjoyed the free stickers which she is sticking in her room up on the walls.
(I got this book through Amazon Vine. It is listed HERE.)
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