The girls of the Saddle Club--Stevie Lake, Carole Hanson, and Lisa Atwood--and their friend Emily have headed West to the Bar None Dude Ranch. Emily has cerebral palsy. She's helping the ranch's owner make it accessible to riders with special needs. At the ranch, they meet a girl their own age--a...
Coming soon from Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers!The Saddle Club is taking part in a big Pony Club rally being held at Pine Hollow. Riders from all the local Pony Clubs are there, including Stevie's boyfriend, Phil Marsten. For once Stevie and Phil aren't being too competitive so ev...
When Carole Hanson and her father travel to Minnesota to visit relatives, Carole has the perfect assignment to create a family tree. Ever since her mother died, Carole has been curious about that side of the family, especially about an ancestor who journeyed north along the Underground Railroad....
It's springtime at Pine Hollow Stables, and that means it's time for The Saddle Club to take another trip on the MTO--the Mountain Trail Overnight. For Stevie, this year's overnight trail ride promises to be particularly special because her boyfriend, Phil, is coming along. But as soon as the tri...
Lisa's horrid, bratty cousin is staying with the Atwoods. The nightmare child acts charming around adults, but to other kids she's a menace! Now she's trying to get The Saddle Club into trouble and it's working. No one believes that little Amelia broke an expensive hobbyhorse the Atwoods own. Ins...
Carole Hanson is used to being the best junior rider at Pine Hollow, but a new girl has started taking lessons there, and she's good. In fact, she's younger than Carole, and a better rider. Carole is surprised to find herself feeling jealous. Then she realizes that this new rider may excel in the...
The Saddle Club is heading west on the Oregon Trail. They are taking part in a recreation of the famous wagon train ride across the American West. Things may be a little easier for these modern-day pioneers, but they still have their fair share of problems to face. Stevie has to drive their wagon...
Coming soon from Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers! January is the cruelest month, at least for the Saddle Club. The weather is miserable: cold, rainy, and muddy. No one can go riding outside, and everyone is sick and tired of being inside. The only things left to do are clean tack a...
In the second of two companion mystery novels, the action at Moose Hill Summer Camp continues. The Saddle Club girls are happy when Lisa gets moved into the same cabin as Stevie and Carole. They're thrilled that Stevie and her boyfriend aren't arguing anymore. And they're delighted that Carole's ...
The Saddle Club members try to persuade the owner of a probable champion to get him qualified and also rescue a broken, battered horse that needs a home.
No one knows more about horses than Stevie, Carole, and Lisa. Or do they? The Saddle Club's knowledge is going to be tested in a Know-Down at the next Horse Wise meeting.
The Saddle Club is thrilled to be attending an international riding competition, even if it means they have to serve as humble grooms for Beatrice Benner and her horse, Southwood. Beatrice is the most spoiled rich girl they've ever met, but she is a talented rider. Then an accident threatens to e...
The Saddle Club is nearing the end of their Oregon Trail ride. It's been a long ride, and it's about to get longer: Stevie Lake's competitive nature is taking over. When a boy on the trail ride boasts that he can do almost anything having to do with horses better than a mere girl, Stevie decides ...
The Saddle Club is getting ready for the arrival of their friend Lady Theresa, otherwise known as Tessa, from England. She's going to be spending time in Willow Creek and they can't wait. To the Saddle Club it means fun, sleep-overs, and, of course, horses! To Veronica diAngelo, however, Tessa's ...
Carole Hanson and her father are going camping, just the two of them. Carole will miss her best friends and her horse, Starlight. Still, with Stevie and Lisa looking after Starlight, he is one lucky horse -- her friends can't do enough for him. In fact, they forget their own, who aren't as lucky....
Coming soon from Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers!Lisa Atwood thinks she is finally getting a horse of her very own. A new horse has arrived at Pine Hollow and Lisa is convinced that her parents are planning to buy it for her, so of course she volunteers to help school it. But traini...
Spoiled brat Veronica deAngelo got an expensive new horse for Christmas. She's hardly given a backward glance at her other horse, an Arabian named Garnet. The Saddle Club girls are determined to find a loving new home for the unloved mare, but it won't be easy. What will happen to poor Garnet?
Stevie, Carole, and Lisa are ecstatic that stable owner Max Regnery III is about to marry. They can't resist being part of things, so they plan a surprise "bridle" shower for the groom-to-be. Some serious business also needs their attention. The girls want stablehand Red to become a certified ri...
Left without a mount when Starlight is injured, Carole begins helping out a local veterinarian, Judy, who gives her access to dozens of racehorses, but Carole soon learns that caring for a racehorse is lots of work.
It's Carole's birthday, and The Saddle Club is planning an extra-special celebration. They're having their first boy-girl party, which will include a romantic moonlit hayride. When snooty Veronica diAngelo hears about their plans, she assumes she isn't invited. And now Veronica is determined to w...
The Saddle Club girls are participating in a new kind of horseback activity--endurance riding. They'll have to condition their horses and themselves for the grueling contest if they plan to make it across the finish line. But an annoying rider named Kristie keeps getting in the way. Carole, Stevi...
Kate Devine, an out-of-town member of The Saddle Club, has invited Carole, Lisa, and Stevie out West to visit her family's dude ranch. This time the girls' parents are coming along, and The Saddle Club is looking forward to showing them how much fun riding can be -- as well as how much work and s...
Pine Hollow is boarding some horses from a neighboring stable. One of the horses has special problems that require help from The Saddle Club. But first they have to figure out how to get the horse to tell them what's wrong.Meanwhile, Stevie's grandmother is visiting the Lakes, and everyone has re...
Stevie, Carole, and Lisa are going back to the racetrack. They can't wait to help cool off their friend's sleek Thoroughbred racehorses by walking them. They'll even earn a little money for doing something they'd do for free! What could be better? Then the girls spot an official somewhere he shou...
The Saddle Club's number one practical joker, Stevie Lake, has decided to reform. The only problem is, nobody believes her. Things get worse for poor Stevie when she tries to shoot a movie for school--Cinderella on horseback. After all, just because she's given up playing pranks on people, it doe...
The three members of The Saddle Club -- Carole, Stevie, and Lisa -- are delighted when they get a chance to go to Moose Hill, a sleep-over riding camp in the hills of Virginia. It promises to be two wonderful weeks of riding, meeting new horse-crazy friends, and competing in a genuine horse show....
Something's wrong at home and Lisa feels powerless every time her parents get angry at her or at each other. When CARL, the County Animal Rescue League, puts out an SOS for volunteers, Lisa knows she's found a place where she'll be appreciated. Before long, a stray horse named P.J. steals her hea...
Stevie, Carole, and Lisa are having a blast making plans for the Valentine's Day barn dance at Pine Hollow. Unfortunately, Stevie's boyfriend wants her to go to the dance at his school on the same night. Now Stevie has to figure out how to be in two places at once. In the meantime, The Saddle Clu...
Steve and Lisa are excited about holiday plans but the holidays sadden Carole since her mom died. She cheers up by agreeing to work with the loal veterinarian. Meanwhile, Steve, Lisa, and Carole' dad are plotting to make Carole's dearest wish come true: her own horse for Christmas!
A spectacular tale about friendship and horses, which will delight all pony-mad children & teenagers as you long to join ‘the saddle club’!! As a teenager who was (and still remains to this day) a horse and pony mad girl & equestrian enthusiast, The Saddle Club books were my most treasured and pr...
When one of Pine Hollow's students makes a terrible mistake, causing a tragic accident, Carole is done with riding forever. Unless Stevie and Lisa can remind her what friendship and the Saddle Club are all about.
This is one series I never got a chance to read growing up, I was already into Pony Pals and Thoroughbred and Heartland and Phantom Stallion...but being as it was such a popular series, I am curious about it. I watched the first to seasons of the television series a couple weeks ago and enjoyed t...
There's a new rider at Pine Hollow Stables. Her name is Tiffani, with an "i." Carole Hanson and Lisa Atwood think she's a good rider, but Stevie Lake can't get over her riding gear -- pink and covered in lace and frills. Suddenly Stevie's in competition with Tiffani, determined to win at all cost...
Lisa Atwood and Carole Hanson are going to the Bar None Ranch to see their friend Kate. Of course, the Bar None means horses, but this year there's also a cool archaeological dig going on nearby, and the girls are frequent visitors to the site. They're having a perfect trip -- and what better way...
Stevie Lake is going on a class trip to New York City. While Stevie has visions of hanging out in Greenwich Village, her teacher has other ideas--long, boring lectures and a test. Well, Stevie has her own plans. She shakes her classmates and sets off to explore the Big Apple on her own. She ends ...
When Lisa Atwood goes to visit a friend of her mother's and her daughter, Marguerite, in a nearby town, Lisa doesn't expect to have a good time. But both girls ride, and soon they're on their mounts and things are looking up. Then Marguerite takes off on her own, leaving Lisa on a strange trail. ...
THE SADDLE CLUB would do anything to help a friend in need. So when Stevie overhears Max on the phone mysteriously pleading for more time and more money, she, Lisa, and Carole, know what they need to do. Pine Hollow is clearly in trouble and it's up to the Saddle Club to save the day. But while t...
Reviewed by Andie Z. for TeensReadToo.comStevie, Carole, and Lisa are ready and excited for the upcoming gymkhana, a three-day event full of relays and games and fun - all on horseback, of course. The girls need a fourth team member, and surprisingly, Stevie's brother, Chad, fills in. Chad is not...
Ever since strange Troy became a stable hand at Pine Hollow, Carole has been creeped out. Troy's scary story about a phantom horse has made her wonder about Starlight. Could her beloved bay horse really be possessed by an evil spirit that appears once every 13 years? He's been acting so strange! ...
Carole Hanson, Stevie Lake, Lisa Atwood, and Veronica diAngelo are headed to California for a Pony Club rally. On top of that, their good friend, movie star Skye Ransom, needs their help or his career may be over. The Saddle Club is thrilled to spend time on the movie set-- so is Veronica, who's ...
Carole, Stevie, and Lisa, the three members of The Saddle Club, are totally devoted to horses—and to each other. But for Carole, it seems as if there's not much she can count on except riding and the friendship of The Saddle Club. Ever since her mother died, Carole has urged her dad to go out on ...
A new rider is stealing Carole's spotlight.Zachary Simpson has only just started riding at Pine Hollow, but everyone is totally impressed by his natural talent. Everyone except Carole Hanson, that is. She's glad that he seems to love riding, but she's a little uncomfortable at how much attention ...
A new adventure for the Saddle Club features Lisa's visitor, Merrill, who becomes convinced that the beloved Pine Hollow horse Barq is the only horse she can ride and decides to take Barq home to Maine with her.
When Stevie is invited to Vermont to visit her friend Dinah for the annual sugaring-off event, she's not sure that she wants to leave the rest of The Saddle Club behind. But then she finds out that Dinah's riding class is having a contest to see which team can gather the most sap, and Stevie can'...
The founders of The Saddle Club -- Stevie Lake, Carole Hanson, and Lisa Atwood -- gear up for the adventure of their lives when their friend Kate Devine invites them to her family's dude ranch. They will have a whole week of cowboy-style riding, plus the fun of making Kate a club member.But wh...
TO THE SADDLE Club, there's nothing more exciting than riding horses at Pine Hollow - until they're invited to New York City to watch the American Horse Show! Max's former student, Dorothy DeSoto, will be competing, and the girls will get a backstage view of competitive riding. And in their free ...
Stevie, Carole, and Lisa are best friends and horse-crazy members of The Saddle Club. The three are looking forward to the combined-training event at Pine Hollow Stables, when all riders will compete in dressage, cross-country, and stadium jumping. It's a horse lover's dream! When snooty Veron...
Carole trains Samson, Pine Hollow's new foal; Stevie has a visitor from Washington, D.C.; and Lisa begins writing Hoof Beat, a weekly column for the local newspaper.
Phil Marsten isn't just Stevie Lake's boyfriend. He's a fellow rider and he knows how to push all Stevie's buttons. When he issues a riding challenge that she can't turn down, Stevie starts _ training Belle intensely. In fact, her workouts threaten to make even good natured Belle balk at going in...
Tessa and Veronica best friends? That's the way it looks. Instead of hanging out with the Saddle Club, Tessa is spending all her time with Veronica! They talk together, shop together, and even ride together! Veronica is thrilled and can already see herself invited back to England to meet the Roya...
Carole, Stevie, and Lisa are thrilled when they get a call from their friend Kate from The Bar None Ranch. Kate has an offer for them: Would the girls like to go on a pack trip in the mountains? The answer is an enthusiastic yes! When they meet the other riders, they couldn't be happier. Lisa fee...
When Max announces that Pine Hollow will begin its own Pony Club, Stevie, Carole, and Lisa are excited to know they’re about to become even more knowledgeable about horses. But spoiled Veronica is more focused on riding her new horse than learning how to take care of him. The Saddle Club won’t so...
STEVIE, CAROLE, AND Lisa are off to Texas to visit their friend Kate Devine at her family’s ranch—the Bar None. It’s the perfect time to visit, since the annual rodeo has come to town! The girls decide they don’t want to just watch the wranglers compete; they’re going to enter the competition too...
Stevie is excited about a great new sport--polocrosse. When she learns that the Horse Wise Pony Club will be playing against her boyfriend's team, she's thrilled. Now she'll finally have the chance to show him what a good rider she is! Her best friends, Carole and Lisa, are enthusiastic about any...
A riding team from Italy is coming to Pine Hollow, and Stevie volunteers to entertain them during their visit. It's a job that stuck-up Veronica diAngelo wanted for herself, and now Veronica is determined that Stevie will pay! Suddenly, with the big weekend approaching, Stevie finds out someon...
Stevie Lake’s a mom–to eight fuzzy goslings! Stevie Lake entered a contest to win a down comforter. Instead she got a new “family”–a nestful of goose eggs. But when the eggs hatch, it’s love at first sight for Stevie and the goslings. Now Stevie’s learning that being a mom is hard work: the gosl...
The Saddle Club is going to the horse show So is Veronica diAngelo, and she is already deciding where to display her next blue ribbon. But she may be in for a shock. The Saddle Club has a secret weapon: Samson, the natural born jumper. He and Lisa Atwood could steal the show.As Lisa competes, she...
Carole Hanson has never considered school one of her favorite things. But when she's assigned a research project on famous horses in history and literature, Carole realizes that school can be fun after all.
It wasn't awful, and I can still see why I liked this series when I was in middle school. That said, Bonnie Bryant likes to have the characters, particularly Carole, go into lecture mode and talk for half a page about horses and horse care. Given the point... of the series, the content of these l...
When Max, the manager of Pine Hollow Stables, starts acting odd, Lisa, Carole, and Stevie decide that it's time for a new Saddle Club project. They'll cureMax's "hay fever" by inviting all the eligible women they know to Pine Hollow's 4th of July picnic.
It's time for the annual Willow Creek Junior High spring dance. Since the dance is open to everyone, the Saddle Club will be there and so will Stevie's boyfriend, Phil. Unfortunately, this also means that Veronica diAngelo will be there. The Saddle Club is determined not to let Veronica ruin thei...
Stevie has always longed for a horse of her own, and this summer she finally has the chance to get one. When she and the rest of The Saddle Club head out West to visit their friend Kate Devine and star in a wild west show, Kate's dad agrees to sell Stewball, Stevie's favorite rance horse. But as ...
Lisa, Carole, and Stevie can't believe their luck: Skye Ransom, the teen idol they met on their trip to New York, is starring in a new movie, and he wants the girls to help him with his riding. But when the director casts Lisa in a small part, the girls realize how important their friendship trul...
It's New Year's Eve and The Saddle Club is baby-sitting so that Max and Deborah Regnery can have a night off. The Saddle Club think it will be a peaceful evening, full of Monopoly, New Year's resolutions, and talking. They didn't count on 6-month-old Maxi. She's cute. She's adorable. But she isn'...