Lauren is so excited when her friends from the city come to visit, that she totally forgets about the invitation to Mel's house. She tries to make things better, but none of her friends seem to get along. What can she and twilight do to sort things out?
This is a review for the series as a whole.As a child, this has been my very favourite series along with the Stardust series by the same author, and it remains one of my very favourites even now. It was the foundation of my reading for years and I read the books steadily over the 5 year period in...
Electra is so excited about Gran's birthday party. She knows the perfect present to get her - a baby sea mouse. But a scary snake has been spotted in the caves where the baby sea mice live. Only a super brave mermaid would swim out there now.
Twilight is a rather ordinary little grey pony but when Lauren whispers the magic words, he turns into a beautiful snow-white unicorn. In this thirteenth exciting adventure, Lauren and Twilight make an intrepid journey to the land of Arcardia in order to save their pony friend Shadow from a myste...
Lucy is a magic ‘stardust spirit’. At night she flies to the woods to join her spirit friends. Now is the time that the young spirit must practise their special powers and Lucy’s summer is about to get even more magical . . .
Lauren's twelve-year-old cousin Hannah is coming to stay. Hannah is pony mad and Lauren can't wait to introduce her to Twilight. But when she arrives, Lauren is disappointed to discover that Hannah's not into ponies any more and prefers doing other things. Old Mrs Fontana, the only person who kno...
Lauren's pony, Twilight, turns into a beautiful unicorn when she says the magic words. Lauren and Twilight have been busy using their special magic to help all their friends, but suddenly Twilight gets sick. Lauren is desperately worried--especially when the vet can find nothing wrong. What can s...
A new adventure starring Lauren and her magical pony, Twilight who turns into a beautiful, snow-white unicorn when Lauren says the magic words. There's great excitement at the stables - a beautiful mare called Apple has just had a foal! The new foal is gorgeous and seems to be watching Lauren wit...
Eleven-year-old Sophie dreams of becoming a famous actress but her life is quite ordinary as she argues with her brothers and sisters, hangs out with her friends and aims for the lead in the school play. Then her mum hears that a film company is auditioning children as extras - Sophie auditions a...
Allegra is keen to practise her higher magic of creating a magic shield and the best way to practise is with her stardust friends, Lucy, Faye and Ella. But the girls have fallen out. Can Allegra get everyone back together before their magic and the environment suffer?
When Lucy’s new neighbour Allegra reveals she is a stardust spirit, Lucy discovers a whole world of magic beyond her imagination! As well as being able to fly,each stardust spirit has their own set of very special powers, bringing not only excitement, but responsibility too.
Michael and Moonshine flew down to meet them. Moonshine’s long mane and tail swirled around her and her coat sparkled in the starlight. Twilight cantered into the air to meet her. ‘Let’s go to the secret glade,’ Lauren said. Michael nodded. ‘OK.’ The two unicorns flew towards the trees, Twilight ...
Reaching the sanctuary of his stable, she put her arms around his neck. The words tumbled out of her as she told him what had just happened. She wasn’t sure how much he understood about boy and girl stuff but it was enough he knew she was upset. She felt the waves of comfort coming from him and g...
As they ate supper – French bread with cheese and salad – Xanthe told them her news. ‘I was speaking to some of the other adults today and we’ve decided that with all these storms and strange stuff going on, we could do with having some fun so we’re going to celebrate the rising of Leo in the ski...
‘Well, what do you think?’ ‘Oh, yes!’ Sasha exclaimed, clasping her hands together in delight. ‘We can make a birthday banner.’ ‘And streamers!’ cried Sam. ‘And a cake!’ said Electra eagerly. ‘We don’t know how to make a cake,’ Sasha said doubtfully. ‘Dad never lets us because he says we’d make t...
Eyes still shut, she reached for the clock, but then suddenly everything from the night before flashed into her mind and her eyes shot open. Spirit!Remembering what had happened, she threw back the covers, furious with herself for not waking earlier. If she’d got up sooner, she could have gone do...
Dust vanished from the dressers and shelves. The washing up put itself in the cupboards. Every last crumb hid itself away, and every last cobweb on the ceiling shriveled to nothing. Soon the whole house was gleaming. Jess looked around, hands on hips. “This dump is almost livable now!” “Dad and A...
Helen called. Ellie ignored her. She had never felt so angry. How dare Luke just give Helen his breeches! How dare he not help and get things ready for the next day! She could hear music and laughter coming from Bea’s caravan. She stormed in. Luke w...
sighed Sophie to her best friend Sam later that afternoon as they sat cross-legged on the floor in her bedroom. An old leather book lay on the carpet between them. Sophie fiddled with its cover with a sigh. “I know he wishes Anthony was the Guardian instead of me.” Anthony was Sophie’s twin broth...
Willow knocked into him. She fell to her knees. ‘Are you OK?’ he whinnied. ‘Yes!’ Willow scrambled to her feet as Juniper came cantering over. ‘Willow!’ Juniper exclaimed anxiously. ‘I thought you were going to fall over the cliff!’ ‘So did I.’ Willow’s legs were trembling with shock. If she’d ...
It felt strange to get him ready. Her cousin Joe, Len’s son, had always ridden him before, but Joe was now in Canada, working on a yard that specialized in natural horsemanship techniques. “I know you miss him, don’t you, boy?” Ellie said, patting Barney’s liver-chestnut neck. “Me too.” The pony ...
Now back in her bedroom at Moreways Meet, reading by the light from her desk lamp while Milly slept peacefully in the bed across the room, she could hardly believe that just a few hours ago she had been caught up in life-threatening danger in Egypt. Already it felt like a fading dream. But it was...