“Coats’s fast-paced tale … absorbs with meticulously
observed horsey details and a tender
interspecies relationship.” ~ Publisher’s Weekly
“Sonnia is an
engaging character with grit and determination, dreaming of the impossible
while trying to survive in a hardscrabble world. Engaging,
true-to-life horse content.” ~ Kirkus
Reviews
“Things
get interesting when Sonnia makes
the morally dubious choice to join the Night Ride, and finds out just how
expendable the animals she loves are, in the eyes of the world.” ~ The New
York Times
“Horse-lovers
will sympathize with Sonnia’s ambition, her fierce protectiveness toward the horses, and her strong
moral compass.” ~ The Horn
Book Review
Finalist, Sequoyah Children’s Masterlist, 2022-2023
Finalist, Mark
Twain Readers’ Award, 2023-2024