Horse Crazy (Saddle Club(R))

Saddle up for great riding-with the girls of Pine Hollow! This book is just great and once you read this book, you'll want to read the other books in the Saddle Club series!12-year-olds Carole Hanson and Stevie Lake have been the best of friends ever since they met at Pine Hollow Stables where they and other girls take riding classes. Carole Hanson is a girl who had been raised in the Marine Corps and she just loves horses! Stevie Lake comes from a wealthy family but is not in the least spoiled. She just loves practical jokes and of course, she loves horses too! So when snobby-looking, straight-A student, Lisa Atwood comes to Pine Hollow in fancy riding gear, they aren't really sure that Lisa will fit in. Lisa is not really spoilt but her worrying mother always tries to make her into a 'young lady'. Mrs. Atwood thinks that every 'young lady' needs to know how to ride, but Lisa isn't really crazy about riding and horses.....yet.And things don't get any better when Stevie plays a rather mean joke on Lisa, calling it as 'one of the traditions' of Pine Hollow. Lisa, in return, plays an equally rather mean joke on Stevie and they become more like enemies instead of friends.Lisa soon shows herself to be a quick learner and she finds out that she actually likes horses and riding. But she is still friendless..until Carole invites her to come to her favorite ice cream shop. Soon, Stevie, Carole, and Lisa becomes fast friends. They start making plans for the MTO, the long-awaited Mountain Trail Overnight campout for the students of Pine Hollow. But, things aren't looking good when Stevie's parents tells her that unless she improves her grades, they won't pay for it. And Lisa doesn't really think that her mother will let her go. Stevie gets this idea to make money for her own, her parents told her that THEY won't pay for it. Lisa has no solution but she decides to just wait and see what happens. Carole doesn't think that Stevie will be able to go but Stevie seems somehow very sure. This book was really interesting and I loved Stevie the most! She is so funny and.......well, just FUNNY! If you liked this book, you'll love the other books in this series. The next one is "Horse Shy".

lisa atwood is starting to take riding lessons. She meets a girl named Carole Hanson. She thinks Carole is nice but she doesn't like Carole's friend Stevie Lake. Stevie has problems of her own. Evey year Pine Hollow Stables goes on a mountain trail over night. Stevie's grades are slipping and her parents threaten not to pay for the overnight. Steivie tries raising the money on her own but when she finally gets enough she spends it all. Meanwhile Lisa has no friends except for the stable snob and Carole is woried she will have to go on the overnight without Stevie. Then the three girls come together to help eachother. This is an amazing book! So is the rest of the series! Some bring unstoppable tears while others bring fits of laughter. Every time I read a saddle club book I feel like I am right there with th characters! I strongly reccomend this series to all horse lovers!

This was a great start to an excellent series of 80+ books. The writing makes you think that you are actually there at Pine Hollow or at TD's, and sharing the Saddle Club's problems. This series totally engrosses you, and once you finish one, you have to pick up another. Events that take place in the Saddle Club series could actually happen in real life, and like in reality, not all things end well. Stevie always has a couple schemes in every book, and Lisa is always there to calm her down, or help her get out of situations. Carole is the biggest horse lover of them all, and throughout all of the books, you can tell her emotions for the horses. In this 1st book, Lisa joins the riding stable, Pine Hollow, and, even though things don't start off well at first, becomes friends with Stevie and Carole. Stevie is having a problem with a project in school that may detirmine whether or not she goes on the trip for Pine Hollow. If you love horses, this is a GREAT book to read.

It's the start of a wonderful series of books. Yes it may start boring but it is the foundations of a really GREAT EXCELLENT SERIES. Read it if you love horses and the you could read any of the othe saddle club books, some sad, some fun, daring and dangerous, racing, western, showjumping, camps, runaways, fox hunts, and lots more. IT FILLS MY SHELF!

I love the Saddle Club series. I think any horse crazy person who likes to read would like this book, and series also. In this book, Horse Crazy, Carole Hanson and Stevie Lake meet a new girl, Lisa Atwood, and they don't think she'll fet in. But Lisa shows herself to be a good rider, and the three girls become best friends. They love horses so much, that they formed The Saddle Club. If I have anything to say about this book: it is the best horsey book in the world! No, I should correct myself, the best book ever published.