Horse-Canada Book Stall

Dancer, by Shelly Peterson. 196pp. Hilary James (“Mousie”) is just sixteen when she wins The Fuller Trophy at the Royal Winter Fair jumping with her horse, Dancer. Her triumph is rewarded with an invitation to perform in England for Queen Elizabeth, but she has also attracted the unwanted attention of the nefarious Samuel Owens who schemes to acquire Dancer for his niece, Sara. Rebuffed in his first attempt to buy the horse, Owens instructs his hired man, Chad Smith, to try to steal it. Mousie has a dream in which a beautiful blonde horsewoman warns her of impending danger.