Tess

by Rosemary Hayes

Tess is pony mad but her mum can't afford riding lessons. When a group of travellers come to live in the village, Tess secretly visits their horses. As she makes friends with some of the gypsy families, Tess moves closer to living her dream and becoming a talented rider. But there's a lot of local hostility towards the travellers and when she finally confesses what she's been doing, Tess is shunned by her school friends and her mum forbids her to visit the gypsy site again. Unless she can begin to break down barriers there's no chance that Tess will ever fulfill her dream. The series The Travellers is based on real life situations and follows what happens when a group of Romany gypsies come to live in a newly created council site on the edge of a village. Romany traditions and history are subtly woven into these fast moving stories and each one is told from the viewpoint of a different character.

124 pages, Paperback

Published August 27, 2015

About the author

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Rosemary Hayes was brought up and educated in the UK but has also lived in France, America and Australia. She has written over fifty books for children many of which have won, or been shortlisted for awards and several translated into different languages. She has recently turned her hand to writing historical fiction for adults, and the first in this genre, the award winning 'The King's Command' is about the terror and tragedy of a Huguenot family living in Louis XIV's France. The second, 'Traitor's Game' is the first in the trilogy 'Soldier Spy' and follows the exploits of Will Fraser, disgraced soldier, lover and reluctant spy, during the Napoleonic Wars. For many years Rosemary was a reader for a well known Authors’ Advisory Service; she now runs creative writing courses and workshops for adults.
To find out more about Rosemary or to order her books, visit her website www.rosemaryhayes.co.uk
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