Miralee Ferrell

All Kate had ever wanted was a horse of her own. Twelve-year-old Kate Ferris isn’t crazy about starting school in a different town in the middle of the year, but she doesn’t have a choice with her dad losing his job.

Horses and Friends is the perfect series for young girls—a horse lover’s dream-come-true wrapped in stories of friendship, adventure, and faith led by a spunky thirteen-year-old heroine named Kate Ferris.

In the third installment in the Horses and Friends series, thirteen-year-old Kate Ferris already has one problem.  Snooty, well-to-do Melissa is boarding her horse at Kate’s family stable. When Melissa suddenly turns nice, Kate is shocked … and suspicious.

Thirteen-year old Kate and her friends came up with the perfect way to raise money for her autistic younger brother and others to attend summer camp—a horse scavenger hunt! As local businesses donate money and prizes, Kate keeps the entry fees in her mom’s antique jewelry box.

Who is the surprise visitor to Kate’s farm? Summer is winding down for Kate and her friends when a surprise visitor appears at her family’s farm—a beautiful bay horse wearing a halter and a bad attitude. Dubbing the horse “Rebel,” the friends set out to find the horse’s owner.

Can they save a fortune and a new friend? “Hey, mister! You dropped something.” Kate and her friends witness a cantankerous old man drop part of a hand-drawn map, but he drives off in his beat-up Ford before they can give it back. They learn the man is Mr. Benson, a former prospector who lives in the nearby hills and wants to be left alone.