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The Glory

Lauren St John

From the bestselling author of THE ONE DOLLAR HORSE trilogy a sensational, stand-alone equestrian thriller and romance about a girl on the run from the law, a boy on a mission to save a life and a race from Colorado to Oregon that they both have to win...


A Girl on the Run from the Law
Alexandra Blakewood has everything any teenager could wish for, apart from the horse she'd love, but she won't stop getting into trouble. Sent to a US boot camp, she dreams of escaping. It seems impossible until she's told about a gruelling 1,200 mile horse race across the American West . . .

A Boy on a Mission to Save a Life
Will Greyton was the star student at his Tennessee high school until his father was laid off. Now Will works at a burger joint. When his dad falls ill, it seems things can't get any worse. An operation will save him, but there's no way to pay for it. Then Will hears about The Glory, a deadly endurance race with a $250,000 purse, open to any rider daring enough to attempt it . . .

  • Classification : Older Readers (8-12)
  • Pub Date : SEP 3, 2015
  • Imprint : Orion Children's Books
  • Page Extent : 320
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781444012767
  • Price : INR 599
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Lauren St John

Lauren St John was born in Gatooma Rhodesia now Kadoma Zimbabwe. At 11 she and her family moved to Rainbow's End farm and game reserve the subject of her acclaimed memoir and she grew up surrounded by animals including eight horses two warthogs and a pet giraffe. After nearly a decade as golf correspondent to The Sunday Times followed by a sojourn in the US riding the tour buses of alt. country stars like Emmylou Harris Steve Earle and the Dixie Chicks she wrote the bestselling 'White Giraffe' series. 'Dead Man's Cove' the first in her new mystery series about 11-year-old detective Laura Marlin won the 2011 Blue Peter Favourite Story and Book of the Year Awards.

Lauren's website is http://laurenstjohn.com/ and you can follow her on Twitter @laurenstjohn

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