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Showtym Viking

An exciting middle-grade novel about the thrills and challenges of competitive showjumping, from the bestselling author of Showtym Adventures.

Viking is the pony of Amanda’s dreams, but does she have what it takes to win?

Seventeen-year-old Amanda Wilson is in her final year of high school, and has reached a crossroads. Her secret ambition is to make horses her future, but she isn’t sure she has what it takes. She’s not as forthright and fearless as her eldest sister, Vicki, a champion showjumper and professional horsewoman, and she has no desire to move to the city and study for a career like her arty and glamorous sister Kelly.

Then Vicki throws down an irresistible challenge in the form of a young pinto gelding. Viking’s potential is huge, if Amanda is prepared to step up and invest in him. As Amanda and Viking learn what they are capable of together and ride their way up the leaderboard towards the Pony of the Year competition, Amanda begins to realise that the one real obstacle to achieving all her dreams is her ability to believe in herself.

But will she master her mental game in time for the test of her life?

Written by Kelly Wilson and Amanda Wilson

$22.00 incl. GST

SKU 9780143779025 Category Tags , , , ,

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Description

A thrilling equestrian novel to delight all fans of the Wilson sisters, inspired by true events – 17-year-old Amanda’s nail-biting bid to win the top national Pony of the Year competition.

Reviews

Rural Living Auckland ~ A story of tenacity, loyalty and courage, this new junior novel will likely prove most inspirational to young readers aged 12 and up.

Meet the Kiwi authors

Kelly Wilson is a New Zealand author, photographer and horsewoman. Find out more on her author page.

Amanda Wilson is one of New Zealand’s top showjumping riders, having won and placed in many national titles including Pony of the Year and Horse of the Year. With her sisters Vicki and Kelly, Amanda starred in the hit-rating TV series, Keeping Up with the Kaimanawas, following their work taming New Zealand’s wild Kaimanawa horses, and also travelled to America and Australia to rescue and tame wild horses. Her life with horses features in her sister Kelly Wilson’s bestselling books For the Love of Horses, Stallion Challenges, Mustang Ride and Saving the Snowy Brumbies, a children’s picture book Ranger the Kaimanawa Stallion and the junior chapter-book series Showtym Adventures. With Kelly, Amanda has cowritten a middle-grade novel, Showtym Viking, and the Wilson Sisters’ Horse and Pony Guide, a bible of safe equestrian practices for riders and horse and pony owners of all ages.

 

Additional information

First published

2022
Format

Paperback edition
ISBN

9780143779025
Page count

288
Published by

Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin

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