Lily

Horse Diaries #15

by Whitney Sanderson, Ruth Sanderson (Illustrator)

For all lovers of horses and history! In the latest book in the Horse Diaries series, meet Lily, a strawberry roan Welsh pony with a competitive heart!SOUTH WALES, 1939: Lily, a strawberry roan Welsh pony, loves Pony Club! She and her rider, Gwen, compete in and win lots of events, including Lily's favorite--jumping! Then Bridget joins the Pony Club. The English girl was sent from London to escape the bombings brought on by war. Gwen tries to be friends, but Bridget is sour and mean. Even worse, Bridget and her horse, Bron, make the perfect jump look easy. Now Gwen and Lily have some real competition. . . .

Genres: Horses, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Animals, Childrens, Fiction

153 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 13, 2018

About the author

Whitney Sanderson grew up riding horses as a member of a 4-H club and competing in local jumping and dressage shows. She has written several books in the Horse Diaries chapter book series. She is also the author of Horse Rescue: Treasure, based on her time volunteering at an equine rescue farm. She lives in Massachusetts.

(source: Amazon)

Reviews

[Gerri Leen]

I did not finish this so I won't rate it. I've read all but one of these books so I feel as if I've gotten a good sense of how the series works. And I've loved it up to now--even the books that didn't resonate the most with me still were fun to read. This is the first installment that really didn't seem as if it was from the POV of the horse. Lily knew and cared too much about the humans and talked too little about herself and the other horses. So I stopped reading, because the animal POV is why I'm here. Others may not mind the lack of that as much as I did.

[Ms. Yingling · Rating 3 out of 5]

Library copy

A real "All Creatures Great and Small"vibe, since the book is set in 1939 and WWII is looming. My students love these, and I appreciate the historical information at the end of the books.

[Skylar Newbury · Rating 5 out of 5]

REVIEW TO COME

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

great storyline and I love this series! Please make more!

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

See the first book in the series for a full review.

[Lily Scarlet · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can’t help but love a show jumper, which almost earned this book 4 stars. However, I don’t like books with war in them, so that brought down my rating.
Strawberry roan? Welsh pony? Jumping? I’ll take any of those any day!