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    Pony Crazy
    Pony Crazy
    Pony Crazy
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    Pony Crazy

    By Bonnie Bryant

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    From the author of the bestselling Saddle Club books comes a series about three pony-crazy girls 

    May, Jasmine, and Joey are best friends and neighbors—and they’re totally horse-crazy. When they aren’t taking care of their ponies at home, they’re riding them at Pony Club meetings at Pine Hollow Stables.

    But the trio is torn apart when Joey’s family moves away and a new neighbor moves in. Odd things start happening at Joey’s old house—lights flicker from inside, and strange noises come from the barn. Who is this new neighbor, and what’s going on inside their friend’s old house? It’s up to these two best friends to find out!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Media
    Release dateJul 29, 2014
    ISBN9781497653207
    Pony Crazy
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    Bonnie Bryant

    Bonnie Bryant is the author of over one hundred forty books about horses, including the Saddle Club series and its spinoffs, the Pony Tails series and the Pine Hollow series. Bryant did not know very much about horses before writing the first Saddle Club book in 1986, so she found herself learning right along with the characters she created. She has also written novels and movie novelizations under her married name, Bonnie Bryant Hiller. Bryant was born and raised in New York City, where she still lives today.

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      Pony Crazy - Bonnie Bryant

      1 Saying Good-bye

      Jasmine James jumped up and down with excitement. Go for it, May! she yelled.

      May Grover heard Jasmine shout. She could also hear the pounding hooves of Jackie Rogers’s pony. Jackie had almost caught up with her. May leaned forward in her saddle.

      Come on, boy, she said to Macaroni. Her pony’s yellow mane fluttered in the wind. He was going as fast as he knew how. Then, somehow, he sped up. They pulled ahead. May was going to win!

      Her teammates were waiting for her at the end of the ring. They were leaping and waving at her. May was the final rider for the relay race and she had the red flag in her hand. All she had to do was get across the line.

      May stayed low in the saddle. She gripped the reins tightly. She held on to Macaroni with her legs. She stared straight ahead at the finish line. With a final burst of speed she crossed it. She’d won!

      Yippee! Jasmine yelled. She reached up and gave May a hug. Then she patted Macaroni on his neck. If we can do this well in practice, just think how great we’ll be in the real race next week!

      May shook her head. By the time we have the real race, Joey won’t be here, she reminded her friend.

      The two girls looked at the boy who stood next to them. Joey Dutton just stared at the ground.

      It’s not your fault that your family is moving, Jasmine said softly.

      May, Joey, and Jasmine lived next door to each other. Joey lived in between May and Jasmine. They had been neighbors since they were born eight years before. But that wasn’t all they had in common. They each had a pony that they kept in a stable in their backyard. Now all that was going to change. Joey’s parents had sold their house. They were moving.

      Joey and the girls had been dreading this day. Now here it was. While the three of them were riding their ponies, Joey’s parents were helping movers load up a van. Dr. Dutton was coming to pick up Joey and his pony, Crazy, in a little while. Then they’d both be gone.

      Joey was only moving two towns away, but things would never be the same. His pony wouldn’t be in the backyard between May’s and Jasmine’s houses. And he wouldn’t be at the Pony Club meeting every Saturday.

      The three riders all belonged to a Pony Club called Horse Wise. Horse Wise met at Pine Hollow, a stable in Willow Creek, Virginia. Now Joey would have to join a new Pony Club—Cross County Pony Club.

      May and Jasmine didn’t like to think about Joey being gone.

      Joey looked up at his friends. Don’t worry, he said. There’s no way I’ll be able to beat you two in a relay race when I’m at Cross County.

      I’m not so sure about that, said May. Who knows who Max will put on our team after you move?

      Max Regnery was their Pony Club instructor. He owned Pine Hollow and made his riders work very hard. He didn’t care if they won their competitions. He said the important thing was for his riders to do their best. May still thought riders did their best when they won.

      Now Max was trying to get everyone’s attention. Horse Wise, come to order! he called out. This was a good practice. We’re going to do well against Cross County Pony Club in two weeks. Because Joey is leaving, I’ll make up new teams and let you know what they are. That’s all for now. It’s time to untack your horses and ponies.

      Untacking meant removing saddles and bridles. May, Jasmine, and Joey were good at that because they owned their own ponies and knew what to do.

      Today they finished quickly. Then the two girls tied up their ponies and walked with Joey and Crazy to the driveway. His father, Dr. Dutton, was there, waiting with the horse van.

      May could feel her eyes stinging. She turned away from Joey so he wouldn’t see the tears. Instead of saying good-bye to Joey, she said good-bye to Crazy. She gave him a carrot. Jasmine gave the pony a hug.

      Then Joey led Crazy up the ramp onto the van. He snapped the door shut.

      I’m going to miss you guys, Joey said.

      We’ll miss you, too, said Jasmine. Come visit us.

      Joey nodded. He looked as if he wanted to cry, too.

      Time to go, said Dr. Dutton to Joey. Then he said good-bye to May and Jasmine. Don’t look so sad, he said. "Wait until you meet your new neighbor. She’s very interesting."

      Bye, said Joey. He got into the front seat next to his father and waved.

      Bye, called out Jasmine and May as the van pulled away.

      The van drove away. May swallowed hard. That was the last time Joey Dutton would be their neighbor. She knew Jasmine felt just as sad as she did. They stood there together until

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