A Horse to Remember

You won’t forget “A Horse to Remember.”How can a teenager survive when she’s uprooted from her friends and the shopping malls in Delaware and transplanted to rural Tennessee? Written by a teen, the author weaves an authentic picture of the problems her heroine faces, her feelings, and the important lessons that can be learned.

Hilary Thompson, the heroine of A Horse to Remember, knows nothing about horses, but resolves this dilemma when she goes to work cleaning horse stalls at the stables next door to her new home. Here she meets Satan, a lonely, frightened Mustang stallion who needs a new friend as much as she does. This relationship transforms her life. She decides to tame him and train them both to compete in jumping events.Hilary works with Satan in secret, first earning his trust and then his affection, until finally she is able to ride him. When Satan’s owner threatens to sell him at auction, where he would no doubt be sold and slaughtered, her secret has to be revealed in order to save him. As Hilary and Satan learn new riding skills together, they also discover the values of determination, persistence, and unconditional love. When a genetic condition takes Satan''s life, Hilary knows she will never forget this wonderful horse who has helped her change her life.