Katie Flynn is the pen name of the much-loved writer, Judy Turner, who published over ninety novels in her lifetime. Judy's unique stories were inspired by hearing family recollections of life in Liverpool during the early twentieth century, and her books went on to sell more than eight million copies. Judy passed away in January 2019, aged 82. 
 
The legacy of Katie Flynn lives on through her daughter, Holly Flynn, who continues to write under the Katie Flynn name. Holly worked as an assistant to her mother for many years and together they co-authored a number of Katie Flynn novels. 
 
Holly lives in the north east of Wales with her husband Simon and their two children. When she's not writing she enjoys walking her dog Tara in the surrounding countryside, and cooking forbidden foods such as pies, cakes and puddings! She looks forward to sharing many more Katie Flynn stories, which she and her mother devised together, with readers in the years to come.

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Bonnie Bryant-Hiller

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 feels instantly drawn to Seth, while his fun-loving sister Amy seems to be a perfect pal for Stevie. Another boy, John, is as serious and horse wise as Carole. The group hits it off immediately. 
 
But first impressions can be deceiving. Amy isn’t just high spirited and impulsive; she’s downright reckless. As her behaviour gets more outrageous and dangerous Seth tries to cover for her, which puts Lisa in the middle. Can the girls work out what to do about Amy before her next wild stunt threatens all their lives?

Saddle Club Book 18: Pack Trip

Bonnie Bryant

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. 
But out West, the family vacation doesn’t go exactly as planned, and soon the girls are wishing that their parents – or the “Saddlebag” – had stayed home where they belong. 
Then, during an overnight cattle drive, a terrible rainstorm breaks out while the parents are off exploring an arroyo. The Saddle Club knows the “Saddlebags” are in grave danger – but can they rescue them in time?

Saddle Club 42 - Saddlebags

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 Chloe keeps getting in the way. Carole Hanson, Stevie Lake and Lisa Atwood are pretty sure they can finish the competition. The question is: can they endure Chloe?

Saddle Club 69: Endurance Ride

Carole, Stevie and Lisa can’t believe their luck when they get another chance to visit their good friend Kate Devine at her family’s ranch. The Bar None. It’s a perfect time to visit, since the annual rodeo has come to town. Eli Grimes, who works at The Bar None, will be in the rodeo, and the girls can’t wait to watch him compete. 
But the girls hear some bad news when they arrive. The Bar None has lost a lot of business to a flashy new ranch closer to town. The Devines may not be able to keep their ranch running much longer. That’s when The Saddle Club – including new member Christine Lonetree – comes up with a plan to help. They’ll enter the rodeo’s barrel-racing contest and carry off the cash prize! Can Christine, Kate, Stevie, Carole, and Lisa pull out all the stops and win big for The Bar None?

Saddle Club Book 12: Rodeo Rider

Lisa, Carole and Stevie can’t believe their luck: Skye Ransom, the teen idol the Saddle Club met on their trip to New York City, is about to star on a new movie – and he wants the girls to help him with his riding! It’s a dream come true, especially when the director casts Lisa in a small part. But then Lisa discovers how lonely the life of a star can be, and Carole and Stevie realize how much they need their best friend’s help with plans for Carole’s father’s birthday. Will the Saddle Club manage to arrange a big birthday celebration and help Skye overcome his fear of horses?

Saddle Club Book 19: Star Rider

Rosemary Sutcliff

Set more than a thousand years ago in the soft green hills of Ireland, in a shifting time when enchanted creatures and the Fairy Kind still flickered in and out of the lives of men, the ancient stories of Finn MacCool and the brotherhood of the Fianna shimmer with magic. Here Rosemary Sutcliff breathes new life into adventures of these Irish heroes and their battles with strange and supernatural beings.

The High Deeds Of Finn MacCool

When Lisa, Carole and Stevie head west to the Bar None Ranch, they have a great time planning a Halloween party with their friends Kate and John, a Native American boy who works on the ranch. The Saddle Club is also thrilled when they get the chance to see a herd of wild horses, including the beautiful grey stallion that Kate wants to adopt. Then John tells the girls a mysterious Indian legend about a grey stallion, and warns Kate to keep her distance from the one in the herd. Is John just playing a Halloween trick or is Kate about to ride into danger? The Saddle Club is about to find out!

Saddle Club Book 24: Ghost Rider

The Saddle Club girls – Lisa Atwood, Stevie Lake and Carole Hanson – are at one of their favorite places – Moose Hill Summer Camp. This time they’re staying for an entire month. It will be the best summer ever! Or will it? For Lisa is put in a different cabin from her friends, Stevie’s boyfriend is practically ignoring her and, worst of all, horse-crazy Carole has been given a horse to ride that simply won’t cooperate! 
Then the girls start running into ominous signs that someone wants to close down Moose Hill Camp forever. Can they find out who, before it’s too late?

Saddle Club 67: Summer Horse

Saddle up for some more great riding from the girls of Pine Hollow! 
 
No one knows more about horses than Stevie, Carole and Lisa. Or do they? The Saddle Club's knowledge of horses is going to be tested at the next Horse Wise meeting. Among the girls' rivals will be Stevie and Carole's boyfriends, Phil Marsten and Cam Nelson, and it's the opportunity Stevie and Carole have been waiting for to show off for the boys, But when The Saddle Cub starts cramming for the big day, the girls find there's something very odd about their study sheet. It's got all the information they could have wanted - and more...

Saddle Club Book 28: Stable Manners

The Saddle Club girls are in for some real excitement when Stevie’s boyfriend Phil invites them – along with a few other kids from their Pony Club – to participate in a genuine fox hunt. Stevie, Lisa and Carole can’t wait for the event to begin, especially when they find out that no harm will come to the fox. But first, to give everyone a chance to learn the ropes, there’s a mock hunt in Pine Hollow Stables. As the most devious of the bunch, Stevie is chosen to play the fox. On the day of the hunt, she finds she isn’t the only one who’s devious… when her prank-playing brothers get involved in the chase!

Saddle Club Book 22: Fox Hunt

The Saddle Club girls – Lisa Atwood, Stevie Lake and Carole Hanson – are at one of their favorite places – Moose Hill Summer Camp and the action that began during the first two weeks on Summer Horse continues in this exciting sequel. 
Everything’s beginning to work out great – except that Stevie and Carole notice that control-crazy Lisa is working too hard on projects that are supposed to be fun. She seems tense and unhappy about something. What could be wrong? Even worse, The Saddle Club continues to see signs that Moose Hill might not reopen the following summer. Who would want to close down the riding camp? Can they find out before it’s too late?

Saddle Club 68: Summer Rider

The Saddle Club’s number one practical joker, Stevie Lake, has decided to reform. The only problem is, no one believes her. Maybe that’s why no one in the cast of the video Stevie is making for school will cooperate. Cinderella on Horseback? Puh-leease! It has to be a setup to make them look stupid and give Stevie the last laugh. 
That’s when the stars of the film – Stevie’s best friends, Carole Hanson and Lisa Atwood, and Stevie’s boyfriend, Phil – plan a few tricks of their own. The only problem is, the jokes are having a ripple effect. Everyone at Pine Hollow Stables is about to get a taste of practical joking, Saddle Club style.

Saddle Club 64: Horse Capades

Lisa Atwood has joined a community theatre and landed the lead in a forthcoming production of Annie. It’s fun rehearsing the part with other members of the cast, especially Hollie, who’s been coaching Lisa backstage. Then rehearsals become more frequent and demanding, and Lisa is too busy for anything, including getting a Pine Hollow thoroughbred, Prancer, ready for the forthcoming Pony Club rally. 
Can the rest of The Saddle Club – along with Lisa’s ‘stage coach’ – help her to choose between horses and the theatre?

Saddle Club 37: Stage Coach

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 where all riders compete in dressage, cross-country and show-jumping. It’s a horse lover’s dream! 
When snooty Veronica blames her bad performance on her horse Garnet and storms out of the ring, Carole follows, fearing Veronica’s threat to give away her horse. But horse and rider have disappeared! 
Later, when Lisa finds $10,000 ransom note in the stall, the reality becomes all too clear: Veronica and Garnet have been kidnapped! 
Who would have thought that the Saddle Club would ever feel sorry for Veronica? The girls resolve to catch the horsenappers and soon find themselves in a daring escape that puts all their horse-riding skills to the test.

Saddle Club Book 17: Horsenapped!

Susie Day

Sam likes being a twin. He likes having two mums. He likes cheese sandwiches and his dog and drawing comics with his friend Pea. He does not like humus - or heights . . . 
 
His twin sister Sammie likes being a twin too. She knows that she's perfect best friend material for somebody - the girls in her class just haven't realised yet. And she knows that she's the best Sam - Sam A. 
 
Both Sam and Sammie - and everybody in their lives seems to be keeping secrets - which ones will come out? 
 
Meet the very different twins and their very different problems in this funny, heart-warming story of modern family life for boys and girls.

The Secrets of Sam and Sam

John Dickinson

An uneasy truce is being held between Sally's devil, Muddlespot, and her angel, Windleberry. But then the cupids attack... 
 
For once, Muddle and Win are in agreement: cupids mean Trouble. They both know that when True Love is involved, things aren’t simply black or white – they’re horribly, confusingly pink! 
 
Sure enough, a heart-tipped golden arrow makes Sally’s sister Billie fall for Tony, the hottest, and most off-limits, boy in school. War breaks out at Darlington High, and as usual it's up to Sally to put things right. But can she undo the damage without getting caught in the crossfire?

Attack of the Cupids

The Saddle Club is thrilled to be attending an international competition, even if it does mean serving 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 end her career. Stevie, Carole and Lisa want their friend Kate Devine to take over, but does Kate have what it takes to be a gold medal rider?

Saddle Club 54: Gold Medal Rider

Carole, Stevie and Lisa – the girls of The Saddle Club – are heading west to spend the first part of their Christmas holidays at the Bar None Ranch. But when a winter storm keeps them from returning home to Willow Creek for the holiday celebrations, the girls are heartbroken. 
Then an almost miraculous series of events touches each member of The Saddle Club and reminds them that there are more important things than presents and time off from school. 
Join The Saddle Club on an unforgettable trip that recalls the true spirit of giving and the strength of friendship.

Saddle Club Super: Western Star

Stevie Lake has been grounded. No hanging out with the other members of The Saddle Club. Even worse, Stevie’s not allowed to see her horse, Belle, or to go to riding camp. Carole Hanson and Lisa Atwood have to get their friend out of hot water – and back in the saddle. How are they going to devise the kind of wacky plan it will take to spring her, and get sweet revenge on her brother, Chad, who got Stevie into trouble in the first place? Carole and Lisa have to do something rash. If they don’t, summer is going to be a complete bust!

Saddle Club 57: Tight Rein

HORSE CRAZY: Twelve-year-olds Carole Hanson and Stevie Lake have been best friends ever since they met at Pine Hollow stables. So when thirteen-year-old Lisa Atwood shows up for her first lesson dressed in fancy riding gear - and acting chummy with the snobbiest girl in town - the girls aren't sure she'll fit in. But Lisa soon shows herself to be a quick learner, and Carole and Stevie can't help but admire her natural riding talents. Soon the three girls are fast friends. They begin to make plans for the MTO, the long-awaited Mountain Trail Overnight campout for the students of Pine Hollow. There's just one problem: Stevie's parents won't pay for it unless she improves her grades . . . 
 
HORSE SHY: The three members of the Saddle Club are together on the long-awaited Mountain Trail Overnight. They are having such a perfect time that nothing - not even Veronica, the richest and snobbiest girl at the stables - can spoil their fun. But the impossible does happen. A tragic accident, caused by Veronica's carelessness, makes Carole lose the one thing she loved most in the world. Is her grief enough to make her give up riding forever?

The Saddle Club: Horse Crazy & Horse Shy

The Pony Tails are excited when their riding teacher, Max Regnery, announces a plan to pair each younger rider with an older rider for a week. Then there’ll be a competition to see who’s learned the most – complete with rosettes! Jasmine is thrilled when she discovers she is to work with Carole Hanson, the best rider at Pine Hollow Stables. But another younger member, Erin Mosley, is jealous. Will Erin’s nasty schemes ruin Jasmine’s chances of winning a rosette? Not if the Pony Tails can help it! 
 
From the author of the bestselling series, The Saddle Club.

Pony Tails 7: Jasmine Trots Ahead

Pete Johnson

You are in danger. 
 
The first time Alfie sees the boy, he appears as if from nowhere in the school detention room - the 'padded cell'. There's something odd about him and Alfie is definitely not pleased when he realises the boy has nicked his new jacket. But a ghost? His new friend Sarah is convinced - so convinced she is prepared to ghost-watch with him. 
 
That's when the warning message appears, scratched out on the blackboard by a phantom hand . . .

The Phantom Thief

Teen star Skye Ransom is on location at the Bar None Ranch out West. And he’s hired the girls of The Saddle Club to be his technical advisers! Skye’s character has to ride a cutting and roping horse, but the Hollywood-style steed he’s been given doesn’t know a cow from a camera. Carole, Stevie and Lisa get a brilliant idea. But to pull it off they need help from their friend John Brightstar, who works at the ranch – and John doesn’t want to help. He’s had it up to his ten-gallon hat with the California movie crew! It looks as if The Saddle Club is in a fix that will have the movie director looking their way and shouting, “Cut!”

Saddle Club 56: Cutting Horse

Stevie Lake gets conked on the head so hard she’s laid up in hospital. Then she starts having weird dreams about herself and her Saddle Club friends, Carole Hanson and Lisa Atwood. No big deal – until the dreams start coming true! First it’s just little things. Stevie saw Phil get thrown off Teddy before it happened. She knew Starlight was going to stomp on Carole’s foot. Then Carole and Lisa rely on one of Stevie’s dreams to make a dream of their own come true. 
But when their sick friend has a scary vision, the girls aren’t sure they want to know: It is just a horse in Stevie’s dreams, or is it a nightmare!

Saddle Club Super: Dream Horse

For as long as Carole and Lisa have known their best friend, Stevie, she’s been at war with one – or all – of her three brothers. In fact Stevie never misses an opportunity to tease Chad about his current girlfriend, dye Alex’s underwear pink, or put stones in Michael’s lunchbag. But all that changes when Stevie’s twin, Alex, contracts meningitis, and becomes seriously ill. This time Stevie is looking for a way to show one of her brothers just how much she cares…

Saddle Club 32: Chocolate Horse

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 that someone has “volunteered” her to organize the annual school fair, to run the Children’s Hospital Festival, and to debate for election as class president. They all take place on the same day- just when her Bar None Ranch friends, Kate and Christine, and the Italian riding team are due to visit! Can one person do four things at once? With the help of her Saddle Club friends and a lot of imagination, Stevie is determined to try. The result will be the greatest event ever… or the biggest disaster of all time!

Saddle Club Book 15: Team Play

Mitchell Symons

From bestselling revolting reference expert Mitchell Symons comes this wickedly funny modern take on Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Verses. 
 
Meet a true rogue's gallery of horrid kids who hit the skids. Callum: who was a dreadful bully until he received his come-uppance; Tiffany: who couldn't put down her mobile phone and died a horrible death; Bill: whose ability to fart ended in tears and Chloe: whose determination to have the most Facebook friends meant she lost her real ones.

Happily Never After

Modern Cautionary Tales

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 riding counselor. Maybe that way, he can be in charge of Pine Hollow while Max is honeymooning and he’ll get some respect from bossy Veronica diAngelo. 
Then it looks as if disaster will strike when both plans are marred by a mix-up that only The Saddle Club could cause!

Saddle Club 45 - Stable Groom

When Pea Llewellyn's dizzy but dazzling single mum becomes Marina Cove, author of the bestselling Mermaid Girls books, everything changes. It's time to leave their tiny flat in Tenby for a proper house in London, and a whole new life. 
 
Pea likes the red front door, and the attic bedroom all to herself. She even likes her hideous new school uniform, in a masochistic Malory Towers sort of way. But there's an empty chair beside her in every lesson, and no one seems to want to fill it. In the absence of volunteers, Pea is going to have to acquire herself a best friend . . .

Pea's Book of Best Friends

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 wreck the party – and steal one of The Saddle Club’s boyfriends! Will Carole’s birthday be ruined?

Saddle Club 31: Hay Ride

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