Racehorse in the Rain

Animal Ark Holiday Special #9

by Ben M. Baglio

All animals and animal lovers
are welcome at the Animal Ark
Veterinary Clinic.

At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need.

Mandy is thrilled when her dad wins first prize in the Christmas raffle. He's going to own a racehorse for a day!

Bright Spark is the most beautiful thoroughbred that Mandy and James have ever seen. But he is famous for hating the rain, and the forecast for race day is looking gloomy. Will he overcome his fears and win?

Genres: Animals, Childrens, Horses, Middle Grade, Fiction, Chapter Books, Realistic Fiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 2003

About the author

Ben M. Baglio created the brief for two series of children's books - Dolphin Diaries and Animal Ark. Dolphin Diaries features a girl and her family from Florida, who travel around the world as marine biologists and study dolphins. Animal Ark features two children who work together to help animals and solve animal-related mysteries. The books were written by commissioned writers in the UK under Baglio's instruction using the pseudonym Lucy Daniels. Each ghostwriter is named with a 'Special Thanks' on the copyright page.

Using his real name he also wrote the book series The Pet Finders Club, featuring a group of three children who search for peoples lost pets.

Reviews

[Olive · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars. I really liked it. I stayed up late last night to read it and had to finish it after school today. Horse stories are my favorite.

[Lianna Kendig · Rating 3 out of 5]

(LL)
This wasn’t as interesting as the previous books in the series, and there are only so many books on horses before they get repetitive. It was fine, but not as great as some of the books have been in the series.

[Jada Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was kinda nerve racking

[Ashley Washeleski]

It was a sad book about a racehorse but ended in a happy ending

[Isabella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actual Rating: 4.5 Stars

[Tiffany · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good adventure and was well fun to read. I liked this book a lot because it talked about second chances. It was fun to see how excited my niece gets over the horse books.

This is a good series for animal lovers of all ages. For adults its fun to read out loud to a child because the author really knows how to pull you in.

[Twyla · Rating 5 out of 5]

my favorite part was when Mandy and her dad got to own a racehorse for the day.the worst part was when their racehorse didn't win.the best character was Mandy because she was the main character.there was no worst character.Auryn 10 years old.

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bright Spark is a champian no matter what!

[Meagan · Rating 5 out of 5]

good book.

[Jessie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every Animal Ark book is amazing.

[Megan]

It is a good book. I just got done reading it, but in the beging I did not get very well.

[Shayma · Rating 5 out of 5]

this one was very exsiting and fun for me.

[Sammy]

I was completely obsessed with this series of books when I was a child and my aim was to read every single book. They are a really good children's series.

[Taylor Troncin]

Loved this series when I was younger. Still a huge animal lover and would like to read the rest of this series!

[Alexandra Lindner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!!

[Sammy C · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE IT!