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Pine Hollow #13
High Stakes
When love's at stake, the sky's
the limit!
Just when Carole Hanson thinks she knows where things stand with Ben Marlow, an
old boyfriend reappears and sweeps her off her feet. Suddenly everything is roses and candlelight, and it's perfect. Lisa Atwood's romance isn't perfect anymore. She and Alex Lake have put their relationship on hold for a while and have agreed to see other people. Lisa knows Alex isn't sitting at home, so
neither should she. She should go out with someone, but who? The answer is a real
surprise to everyone.
Callie Forester isn't worrying about romance. She's back in training and determined to be a winner--no matter what. But Callie isn't the only one on the trails around Pine Hollow. Someone else is out there--someone who's very interested in what Callie is doing.
the limit!
Just when Carole Hanson thinks she knows where things stand with Ben Marlow, an
old boyfriend reappears and sweeps her off her feet. Suddenly everything is roses and candlelight, and it's perfect. Lisa Atwood's romance isn't perfect anymore. She and Alex Lake have put their relationship on hold for a while and have agreed to see other people. Lisa knows Alex isn't sitting at home, so
neither should she. She should go out with someone, but who? The answer is a real
surprise to everyone.
Callie Forester isn't worrying about romance. She's back in training and determined to be a winner--no matter what. But Callie isn't the only one on the trails around Pine Hollow. Someone else is out there--someone who's very interested in what Callie is doing.
272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 2000
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About the author
Bonnie Bryant
387 books201 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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January 15, 2023
Horses have really been placed on the back burner, which is sad to me, but also predictable. A lot of the times, interest in horses and competition ebb when teenagers begin going through increased course loads, milestone events, and relationship drama. Unfortunately, that seems to be the case here. This book was full of Lisa drama, with her relationship with Alex fizzling out. Carole and Ben are having relationship drama. Stevie is still with Perfect Phil. This wasn't one of my more favorite books in this series, but I still liked the continuing evolution of the characters.
April 6, 2013
Wow, a welcome return to Pine Hollow. Lots of teen angst to wade through and I did feel that the horses have taken a back seat in the girl's lives - maybe it's just because I'm reading the books out of order! I enjoyed my trip back in time to visit the new characters, but will have to dig out the next in the series to find out what happens next, as the story isn't really self contained in this one. Stevie hasn't changed though - still jumping to the wrong conclusions!!
May 27, 2010
An old friend of Carole's re-apears and sweeps her off her feet. But is she falling too fast?
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