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Saddle Club #10
Riding Camp
The Saddle Club girls are looking forward to riding camp with its shows, games, and demonstrations. But they are not prepared for the fierce competitiveness of the other riders, who are determined to win at all costs.
133 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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Bonnie Bryant
384 books200 followersAmerican author of children's books. She is best known for creating the intermediate horse book series The Saddle Club, which was published from October 1988 until April 2001. The Saddle Club chronicled the adventures of thirteen-year-old Lisa Atwood and twelve-year-olds Stephanie "Stevie" Lake and Carole Hanson. The series was static in time; the girls never aged in 101 books, 7 special editions, and 3 Inside Stories.
Bonnie Bryant also wrote two spin-off series: Pony Tails, aimed at beginning readers, and Pine Hollow, aimed at teenage readers. The 16 Pony Tails books followed the lives of eight-year-olds May Grover, Corey Takamura, and Jasmine James. Pine Hollow featured Carole, Lisa, Stevie, and their new friends in a series set four years after The Saddle Club. Unlike The Saddle Club, Pine Hollow conformed to a realistic timeline. The 17 books took place over the span of less than a year. Later a television show called The Saddle Club, based on the books, was filmed in Australia.
Bonnie Bryant wrote at least 38 The Saddle Club books and 2 Pine Hollow books herself; after that they were taken over by a team of ghostwriters, a common practice in long-running children's book series. Ghostwriters for the Saddle Club and Pine Hollow books included Caitlin Macy (sometimes credited as Caitlin C. Macy), Catherine Hapka, Sallie Bissell, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Helen Geraghty, Tina deVaron, Cat Johnston, Minna Jung, and Sheila Prescott-Vessey.
Bonnie Bryant is also the author of many novelizations of movies, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Karate Kid, and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, written under her married name, B.B. Hiller. She also collaborated in the ghostwriting of The Baby-sitters Club Super Special #14: BSC in the USA, published under the name of its creator, Ann M. Martin.
Bonnie Bryant was born and raised in New York City. She met her husband, Neil W. Hiller, in college, where they both worked on the campus newspaper. They had two sons, Emmons Hiller and Andrew Hiller. Neil Hiller died in 1989. Many of Bonnie's books are dedicated to him.
***from wikipedia.org
Bonnie Bryant also wrote two spin-off series: Pony Tails, aimed at beginning readers, and Pine Hollow, aimed at teenage readers. The 16 Pony Tails books followed the lives of eight-year-olds May Grover, Corey Takamura, and Jasmine James. Pine Hollow featured Carole, Lisa, Stevie, and their new friends in a series set four years after The Saddle Club. Unlike The Saddle Club, Pine Hollow conformed to a realistic timeline. The 17 books took place over the span of less than a year. Later a television show called The Saddle Club, based on the books, was filmed in Australia.
Bonnie Bryant wrote at least 38 The Saddle Club books and 2 Pine Hollow books herself; after that they were taken over by a team of ghostwriters, a common practice in long-running children's book series. Ghostwriters for the Saddle Club and Pine Hollow books included Caitlin Macy (sometimes credited as Caitlin C. Macy), Catherine Hapka, Sallie Bissell, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Helen Geraghty, Tina deVaron, Cat Johnston, Minna Jung, and Sheila Prescott-Vessey.
Bonnie Bryant is also the author of many novelizations of movies, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Karate Kid, and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, written under her married name, B.B. Hiller. She also collaborated in the ghostwriting of The Baby-sitters Club Super Special #14: BSC in the USA, published under the name of its creator, Ann M. Martin.
Bonnie Bryant was born and raised in New York City. She met her husband, Neil W. Hiller, in college, where they both worked on the campus newspaper. They had two sons, Emmons Hiller and Andrew Hiller. Neil Hiller died in 1989. Many of Bonnie's books are dedicated to him.
***from wikipedia.org
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September 28, 2019
The One Where Stevie Meets Phil
... and the Saddle Club attends an elite riding camp
... and there's a deadly fire in a barn and all of the competitors must band together to save the horses
Once again, the Saddle Club is removed from its cozy home setting of Pine Hollow Stables and planted in an elite riding camp in western Virginia. There's a lot of action in this one, from settling in at the new camp, to preparing for the camp show at the end of the two weeks, to an overnight trail ride, to Stevie meeting Phil, who will be her boyfriend throughout the rest of the series, to a horrific fire that starts with a lazy stable-hand and ends with all of the campers rallying to save the horses. It ends very patly, but then again, it's a children's book. The themes of teamwork and having-fun-while-learning over winning-at-all-costs are well woven throughout the story. Bonnie Bryant rarely disappoints, and this is another great installment in the series.
... and the Saddle Club attends an elite riding camp
... and there's a deadly fire in a barn and all of the competitors must band together to save the horses
Once again, the Saddle Club is removed from its cozy home setting of Pine Hollow Stables and planted in an elite riding camp in western Virginia. There's a lot of action in this one, from settling in at the new camp, to preparing for the camp show at the end of the two weeks, to an overnight trail ride, to Stevie meeting Phil, who will be her boyfriend throughout the rest of the series, to a horrific fire that starts with a lazy stable-hand and ends with all of the campers rallying to save the horses. It ends very patly, but then again, it's a children's book. The themes of teamwork and having-fun-while-learning over winning-at-all-costs are well woven throughout the story. Bonnie Bryant rarely disappoints, and this is another great installment in the series.
November 30, 2024
This was silly and predictable. On the one hand, it was good that it stressed that horses are hard work and being a horseman or horsewoman is more than just riding. On the other hand, I'm getting sick and tired of reading about rich kids in Virginia. I'm regretting my decision to read the entire series, just because I found it online for free.
There are also plot points that are just brushed over. Stevie wins her trip to riding camp, but Max VOLUNTARILY PAYS FOR CAROLE AND LISA TO GO, TOO. In what parallel universe do small business owners have that much ready cash to just toss it away on their favorite customers? Another problem was just why Fred was hired at the camp. This is never adequately explained.
I'm not sure if Bonnie Bryant actually wrote this. On the dedication page, she gives "special thanks" to Don DeMarzio. Giving special thanks in a kid's book series often means that whoever got that thanks was the real writer of the book.
Many of the Saddle Club books are stand alone books, but not this one. At the least, you need to read book 4, Horse Power and book 8 Horse Show.
Oh yeah -- Stevie finds her boyfriend Phil in this book. Get used to him.
There are also plot points that are just brushed over. Stevie wins her trip to riding camp, but Max VOLUNTARILY PAYS FOR CAROLE AND LISA TO GO, TOO. In what parallel universe do small business owners have that much ready cash to just toss it away on their favorite customers? Another problem was just why Fred was hired at the camp. This is never adequately explained.
I'm not sure if Bonnie Bryant actually wrote this. On the dedication page, she gives "special thanks" to Don DeMarzio. Giving special thanks in a kid's book series often means that whoever got that thanks was the real writer of the book.
Many of the Saddle Club books are stand alone books, but not this one. At the least, you need to read book 4, Horse Power and book 8 Horse Show.
Oh yeah -- Stevie finds her boyfriend Phil in this book. Get used to him.
September 24, 2017
You'd never think it, but the first of the Saddle Club girls to get a boyfriend is none other than Stevie Lake. On their trip at Moose Hill Riding Camp, a camp which also houses boys, Stevie falls madly in love with Phillip. They have their differences, but it works out in the end.
Meanwhile, Carole and Lisa spend their time primarily on jumps. Well, that, and trying to deal with the overly-competitive riders at the camp, which seems to be all of them. They try very hard to get the rest of the campers to remember the most important thing about riding - it's fun.
Other than that, a series of unfortunate events caused by a bad stablehand lead to the main barn burning down, and the whole camp stepping in to save the horses. Again, a little too much drama for me, but it ended up pretty okay and didn't go all too overboard.
This was one of the Saddle Club books I loved reading over and over; it turns out the joy is still there.
Meanwhile, Carole and Lisa spend their time primarily on jumps. Well, that, and trying to deal with the overly-competitive riders at the camp, which seems to be all of them. They try very hard to get the rest of the campers to remember the most important thing about riding - it's fun.
Other than that, a series of unfortunate events caused by a bad stablehand lead to the main barn burning down, and the whole camp stepping in to save the horses. Again, a little too much drama for me, but it ended up pretty okay and didn't go all too overboard.
This was one of the Saddle Club books I loved reading over and over; it turns out the joy is still there.
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September 15, 2010This book is one of my favorites. There is romance horseback riding and the fun of a summer camp:)
December 6, 2013
Actual Rating: 3 1/2 stars.
This one was really interesting and it had a great climax! Probably one of the best I've read so far. Gotta love those Saddle Club girls :)
This one was really interesting and it had a great climax! Probably one of the best I've read so far. Gotta love those Saddle Club girls :)
October 23, 2017
the saddle club teaches other people the importance of horse care and how to be team players.
July 30, 2018
Read the Norwegian version.
March 22, 2022
In this book, the girls go on an adventure to Moose Hill, a sleep over/riding camp. Unfortunately, their camp mates are not nice, fun loving campers. They are little snots, who are focused on winning shows, not about having a good bond with horses and riders. Other things about the camp were not as fun as they thought it would be, but they managed to turn the experience around and into something positive. Cute series.
June 24, 2022
This book was nice. The saddle club goes to a camp where every rider is not very friendly and only focused on winning a blue ribbon, well, except for Phil, Stevie's new boyfriend. Soon the girls find out that Fred, a new stable hand, is not taking care of the horses properly. This results in an accident which causes all of the riders to get together and help each other.
March 15, 2019
Nothing more fun than watching children save a bunch of horses from a barn fire. Again, I ask - where are the adults in these books? But the moose hill camp was a cute setting and I always liked Stevie and Phil.
June 4, 2019
Jeden z mých nej nej dílů téhle série - miluju to počasí, tu atmosféru v knize, i děj. A jakkoliv je to možná nereálné, pamatuju si, že tenhle jediný díl jsem jako mladší měla doma a byla na to náležitě pyšná! :)
February 5, 2017
I'm sorry but you just can't ask me to believe that max wouldn't know how crappy and unprofessional this camp is. the employees don't have the same passion and act like 9-5 hourly employees. the fact that one gets fired at the end doesn't really address the fact that the whole camp is sub par compared to max. there is s little romance for stevie. oh and I hate how the "bad" characters suddenly become"good" after the fire. total turn around. not just some aspects. total turnaround.
August 4, 2011
A good series for horse crazy young teens. I loved it when I was younger.
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