The StableMates Series - For the Middle Grades Horse Lover
Rebel of Dark Creek
Sono Nis Press
ISBN: 1-55039-076-7
Jessa is in Grade 6 and eats, sleeps, and dreams horses. But lessons and ponies are expensive, so how will she ever manage to buy or lease a horse of her own? With a combination of work, luck, and good friends she finds a pony named Rebel ... and then the adventures begin! On with the gumboots, up with the pitchfork and Jessa has to learn to work for Rebel's room and board while keeping up in school and coping with some strange behaviour from a few classmates.
Awards and Nominations:
* Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice List
Team Trouble at Dark Creek
Sono Nis Press
ISBN: 1-55039-082-1
When two giant draft horses take up residence at Dark Creek Stables, the trouble starts. Fences collapse, Mrs. Bailey can't keep up with the feed bills, and Jessa's pony, Rebel, finds himself out in the cold during the worst blizzard of the century. To make things worse, Jessa and her best friend Cheryl can't seem to get along and a surprise visitor nearly ruins Jessa's Christmas vacation. Will Dark Creek ever be the same again?
Awards and Nominations:
* Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice List
Jessa Be Nimble, Rebel Be Quick
Sono Nis Press
ISBN: 1-55039-088-0
The continuing adventures of Jessa and her pony, Rebel, in book #3 of the StableMates Series.
Jessa is completely stressed out! Her terrifying dreams about water jumps just won't stop. In fact, as the date of Jimmy McBride's eventing clinic draws closer, the nightmares keep getting worse. At school, she's responsible for helping the new girl from Japan settle in. Unfortunately for Jessa, her efforts to help just seem to make Midori unhappier. Jessa's best friend, Cheryl, is no help at all – she's too busy trying to land a juicy part in a play.
Awards and Nominations:
* Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice List
Sienna’s Rescue
Sono Nis Press
ISBN: 1-55039-093-7
When four abused and neglected horses are seized by the Kenwood Animal Rescue Society, Jessa convinces Mrs. Bailey that Dark Creek Stables would be a perfect foster farm for one of them, but nobody is prepared for the challenges of Sienna's rehabilitation. Can Jessa and her friends save the young renegade mare from the slaughterhouse? Why is Mrs. Bailey behaving so strangely around Walter Walters? And what is Jessa going to do with Romeo, the lovable mutt who shows up at the little house on Desdemona Street and refuses to leave?
Awards and Nominations:
* Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice List
Raven’s Revenge
Sono Nis Press
ISBN: 1-55039-095-3
When Jessa wins a trip for two to horse camp, she and Cheryl are so excited they can hardly think of anything else. But Camp Singing Waters may not be a blissful getaway. Feuding campers, a lame horse and drafty cabins are bad enough, but should they have listened more carefully to Mrs. Bailey's ominous warnings about Dr. Rainey's experiments with witchcraft? Or, are the late-night ghost stories around the campfire just fuelling their overactive imaginations?
Awards and Nominations:
* Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice List
Return to Skoki Lake
Sono N is Press
ISBN: 978-1550391022
Jessa's week-long trail riding trip into the Rocky Mountains should have been the experience of a lifetime. Ignoring increasingly peculiar symptoms, Jessa sets off into the mountains, determined to enjoy herself despite feeling very ill. To her horror, she finds herself regaining consciousness in an Alberta hospital! This is only the beginning of a long journey of recovery, one which turns Jessa's life upside down and threatens even her desire to ride.
Awards and Nominations:
* Resource Links, The Year’s Best 2000 List
* Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice List
Keeping Secrets at Dark Creek
Sono Nis Press
ISBN: 1-55039-123-2
The barn is not the only place where Jessa encounters strife. Soon after the start of the new school year, problems arise at Kenwood Middle school where Jessa finds herself embroiled in a battle of secrets and betrayal with Andrew, a strange new boy who seems determined to make her life miserable.
This page-turner draws readers into this popular heroine’s world as Jessa and Cheryl survive a nasty encounter with angry wasps, learn about the railway companies that once served the Saanich Peninsula, and return an historical artifact to its rightful owner nearly one hundred years after it went missing. In the end, an offer of friendship from an unexpected soulmate makes Jessa realize the importance of looking beyond appearances before judging someone’s character.
Awards and Nominations:
* Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice List
