Horse Girl

By Carrie Seim

Book Overview

Mean Girls meets Black Beauty in Horse Girl by celebrated author Carrie Seim--a funny and tender middle-grade novel about finding your forever herd.

"This book is funny and exciting. Beautifully portrays both the pleasures and risks of riding horses and also of being a teen. Very original, and a great pleasure to read."--Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

Wills is a seventh grader who's head-over-hoof for horses, and beyond excited when she gets the chance to start training at the prestigious Oakwood Riding Academy. But Amara--the Queen of the #HorseGirls--and her posse aren't going to let the certifiably dork-tagious Wills trot her way into their club so easily. Between learning the reins of horse riding, dealing with her Air Force pilot mom being stationed thousands of miles from home, and keeping it together in front of (gasp!) Horse Boys, Wills learns that becoming a part of the #HorseGirl world isn't easy. But with her rescue horse, Clyde, at her side, it sure will be fun.

Complete with comedic, original hoof notes to acquaint the less equestrian among us, Horse Girl delivers everything a young readers wants: mean girls, boy problems, and embarrassingly goofy dad jokes. And it does so on the back of a pony.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593095499
• ISBN13: 9780593095492
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Such a perfect book!

I read this book myself (34 year old female) and I loved it so much, I bought 4 more copies to give to my little cousins (those who ride and even the ones who don’t!). I instantly fell in love with this coming of age story. It’s just perfect. Friendships. Love. Horses. Mean girls. This is exactly the kind of book I would have stumbled upon when I was younger and would have motivated me to keep reading! ..to keep finding books just like this one. I found myself cracking up during parts of the book. Lighthearted reads like this are my favorite.. I really don’t like getting sad or depressed by a book. I highly recommend this to all young girls and all grown up girls haha!