Coming Home (Heartland #1)
Heartland is a horse farm with the special mission of healing abused or  neglected horses and finding them new homes. Fifteen-year-old Amy works  alongside her talented mother, a gifted horse trainer who uses techniques  similar to those of the trainer inThe Horse Whisperer. While rescuing an  abandoned stallion in a thunderstorm, Amy's mother is killed when a falling tree  hits their car, and everything at Heartland--and everything in Amy's life--is  thrown into turmoil. Amy's older sister, Lou, leaves her job to come to  Heartland to help, and Amy begins to cope with the new circumstances of her  life, relying on her work with her beloved horses to help her face the future  without her mom.Fans of the Saddle Club, Pine Hollow, and Thoroughbred series of horse novels  will enjoy this sensitively told story that combines lots of authentic horse-farm details with Amy's challenges in dealing with her bossy older sister and  her mom's sudden death. The story of Heartland is continued inAfter the Storm. (Ages 8 to 12)--Marcie Bovetz