afraid of ponies, any pony. It took a girl with grit to ride Pepper.
And Staci? Staci rode the smallest pony, and loved it. Staci rode Noodles.
The girls got the ponies moving again and splashed across the river and trotted up the bank on the other side. The whole countryside was spread in front of them.
Paisley said, âWe ought to bring lunch sometime. We could really explore far.â
âYeah,â everyone agreed.
âMaybe sometime we could even go camping,â called Toni from her place in the rearâPumpernickel liked to be last. âGo somewhere and take a tent and the ponies.â
âYeah!â
âSometime we could go to a pony show,â Stirling suggested.
âHeck,â yelled Paisley, âwe could practically have our own pony show!â Everybody laughed.
âLots of things we could do!â Staci yelled back. âWe can do anything! Weâve got pony power!â
âYeah!â
âLetâs hear it for pony power!â
Pony power took Staci and Toni, Paisley and Stirling cantering up the next hill. At the top they all stopped to look: Across hill and valley, they could see home.
About the Author
Nancy Springer has passed the fifty-book milestone with novels for adults, young adults, and children, in genres including mythic fantasy, contemporary fiction, magic realism, horror, and mysteryâalthough she did not realize she wrote mystery until she won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America two years in succession. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Springer moved with her family to Gettysburg, of Civil War fame, when she was thirteen. She spent the next forty-six years in Pennsylvania, raising two children (Jonathan and Nora), writing, horseback riding, fishing, and bird-watching. In 2007 she surprised her friends and herself by moving with her second husband to an isolated area of the Florida Panhandle where the bird-watching is spectacular, and where, when fishing, she occasionally catches an alligator.
All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the authorâs imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 1993 by Nancy Springer
Illustrations copyright © 1993 by Daniel Mark Duffy
Cover design by Mauricio DÃaz
ISBN: 978-1-5040-2130-2
This edition published in 2015 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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New York, NY 10014
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And Staci? Staci rode the smallest pony, and loved it. Staci rode Noodles.
The girls got the ponies moving again and splashed across the river and trotted up the bank on the other side. The whole countryside was spread in front of them.
Paisley said, âWe ought to bring lunch sometime. We could really explore far.â
âYeah,â everyone agreed.
âMaybe sometime we could even go camping,â called Toni from her place in the rearâPumpernickel liked to be last. âGo somewhere and take a tent and the ponies.â
âYeah!â
âSometime we could go to a pony show,â Stirling suggested.
âHeck,â yelled Paisley, âwe could practically have our own pony show!â Everybody laughed.
âLots of things we could do!â Staci yelled back. âWe can do anything! Weâve got pony power!â
âYeah!â
âLetâs hear it for pony power!â
Pony power took Staci and Toni, Paisley and Stirling cantering up the next hill. At the top they all stopped to look: Across hill and valley, they could see home.
About the Author
Nancy Springer has passed the fifty-book milestone with novels for adults, young adults, and children, in genres including mythic fantasy, contemporary fiction, magic realism, horror, and mysteryâalthough she did not realize she wrote mystery until she won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America two years in succession. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Springer moved with her family to Gettysburg, of Civil War fame, when she was thirteen. She spent the next forty-six years in Pennsylvania, raising two children (Jonathan and Nora), writing, horseback riding, fishing, and bird-watching. In 2007 she surprised her friends and herself by moving with her second husband to an isolated area of the Florida Panhandle where the bird-watching is spectacular, and where, when fishing, she occasionally catches an alligator.
All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the authorâs imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 1993 by Nancy Springer
Illustrations copyright © 1993 by Daniel Mark Duffy
Cover design by Mauricio DÃaz
ISBN: 978-1-5040-2130-2
This edition published in 2015 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
345 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
www.openroadmedia.com
EARLY BIRD BOOKS
FRESH EBOOK DEALS, DELIVERED DAILY
BE THE FIRST TO KNOWâ
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