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Saddle Club #8
Horse Show
TO THE SADDLE Club, there's nothing more exciting than riding horses at Pine Hollow - until they're invited to New York City to watch the American Horse Show! Max's former student, Dorothy DeSoto, will be competing, and the girls will get a backstage view of competitive riding. And in their free time, Lisa, Carole, and Stevie might just get to be the star of their own show - on the big screen!
135 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 1989
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Bonnie Bryant
387 books201 followersAmerican author of children's books. She is best known for creating the intermediate horse book series The Saddle Club, which was published from October 1988 until April 2001. The Saddle Club chronicled the adventures of thirteen-year-old Lisa Atwood and twelve-year-olds Stephanie "Stevie" Lake and Carole Hanson. The series was static in time; the girls never aged in 101 books, 7 special editions, and 3 Inside Stories.
Bonnie Bryant also wrote two spin-off series: Pony Tails, aimed at beginning readers, and Pine Hollow, aimed at teenage readers. The 16 Pony Tails books followed the lives of eight-year-olds May Grover, Corey Takamura, and Jasmine James. Pine Hollow featured Carole, Lisa, Stevie, and their new friends in a series set four years after The Saddle Club. Unlike The Saddle Club, Pine Hollow conformed to a realistic timeline. The 17 books took place over the span of less than a year. Later a television show called The Saddle Club, based on the books, was filmed in Australia.
Bonnie Bryant wrote at least 38 The Saddle Club books and 2 Pine Hollow books herself; after that they were taken over by a team of ghostwriters, a common practice in long-running children's book series. Ghostwriters for the Saddle Club and Pine Hollow books included Caitlin Macy (sometimes credited as Caitlin C. Macy), Catherine Hapka, Sallie Bissell, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Helen Geraghty, Tina deVaron, Cat Johnston, Minna Jung, and Sheila Prescott-Vessey.
Bonnie Bryant is also the author of many novelizations of movies, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Karate Kid, and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, written under her married name, B.B. Hiller. She also collaborated in the ghostwriting of The Baby-sitters Club Super Special #14: BSC in the USA, published under the name of its creator, Ann M. Martin.
Bonnie Bryant was born and raised in New York City. She met her husband, Neil W. Hiller, in college, where they both worked on the campus newspaper. They had two sons, Emmons Hiller and Andrew Hiller. Neil Hiller died in 1989. Many of Bonnie's books are dedicated to him.
***from wikipedia.org
Bonnie Bryant also wrote two spin-off series: Pony Tails, aimed at beginning readers, and Pine Hollow, aimed at teenage readers. The 16 Pony Tails books followed the lives of eight-year-olds May Grover, Corey Takamura, and Jasmine James. Pine Hollow featured Carole, Lisa, Stevie, and their new friends in a series set four years after The Saddle Club. Unlike The Saddle Club, Pine Hollow conformed to a realistic timeline. The 17 books took place over the span of less than a year. Later a television show called The Saddle Club, based on the books, was filmed in Australia.
Bonnie Bryant wrote at least 38 The Saddle Club books and 2 Pine Hollow books herself; after that they were taken over by a team of ghostwriters, a common practice in long-running children's book series. Ghostwriters for the Saddle Club and Pine Hollow books included Caitlin Macy (sometimes credited as Caitlin C. Macy), Catherine Hapka, Sallie Bissell, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Helen Geraghty, Tina deVaron, Cat Johnston, Minna Jung, and Sheila Prescott-Vessey.
Bonnie Bryant is also the author of many novelizations of movies, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Karate Kid, and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, written under her married name, B.B. Hiller. She also collaborated in the ghostwriting of The Baby-sitters Club Super Special #14: BSC in the USA, published under the name of its creator, Ann M. Martin.
Bonnie Bryant was born and raised in New York City. She met her husband, Neil W. Hiller, in college, where they both worked on the campus newspaper. They had two sons, Emmons Hiller and Andrew Hiller. Neil Hiller died in 1989. Many of Bonnie's books are dedicated to him.
***from wikipedia.org
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November 20, 2024
I'm not entirely sure Bonnie Bryant wrote this one, since she gives special thanks to four people, and then dedicated the book to Suzanne Ziegler. Often, in a kid's book series, a dedication or "special thanks" is code for "this person really wrote the book."
This book reads slightly differently from the previous 7, in that it seems a dumber-down version. Unless my memory is totally shot to hell, the series continuity problems appear in the first chapter, when Lisa says she no longer takes ballet lessons. Lisa and Stevie also don't seem to know the difference between hunters and jumpers.
The silliness in this book will exceed your wildest expectations. It doesn't go completely off into full-fledged fantasy, but it gets pretty close. I had to skim some of the corniest sections. The Saddle Club meets their favorite film star, Skye Ransom-- and say that Tom Cruise is "too old" for them. Back in 1989.
There is a bit where injustice goes completely unpunished, which really made zero sense in the nature of a book like this.
Since we're in New York City and it's a late 1980s horse book for girls, the one riding stable left in the city, Claremont Stables, is featured. This is where Bonnie Bryant took lessons. This stables is mentioned in the Thoroughbred series, the Galloping Detective series ... and other books that just aren't coming to my mind right now. This horrible stable was finally shut down in 2007.
I did find out that in 2023, another stables, a mounted tour, opened up. It's $125 an hour. I wonder how many kids' books that will show up in.
For a book called Horse Show, there's not a lot about the big horse show at Madison Square Garden. There is mention of a Warmblood who bucked in between his jumps, but got a clear round. There were many top level jumpers that have done that, but the one that immediately springs to my mind was a bay Selle Francois stallion named I Love You, who competed in the 1980s.
This book reads slightly differently from the previous 7, in that it seems a dumber-down version. Unless my memory is totally shot to hell, the series continuity problems appear in the first chapter, when Lisa says she no longer takes ballet lessons. Lisa and Stevie also don't seem to know the difference between hunters and jumpers.
The silliness in this book will exceed your wildest expectations. It doesn't go completely off into full-fledged fantasy, but it gets pretty close. I had to skim some of the corniest sections. The Saddle Club meets their favorite film star, Skye Ransom-- and say that Tom Cruise is "too old" for them. Back in 1989.
There is a bit where injustice goes completely unpunished, which really made zero sense in the nature of a book like this.
Since we're in New York City and it's a late 1980s horse book for girls, the one riding stable left in the city, Claremont Stables, is featured. This is where Bonnie Bryant took lessons. This stables is mentioned in the Thoroughbred series, the Galloping Detective series ... and other books that just aren't coming to my mind right now. This horrible stable was finally shut down in 2007.
I did find out that in 2023, another stables, a mounted tour, opened up. It's $125 an hour. I wonder how many kids' books that will show up in.
For a book called Horse Show, there's not a lot about the big horse show at Madison Square Garden. There is mention of a Warmblood who bucked in between his jumps, but got a clear round. There were many top level jumpers that have done that, but the one that immediately springs to my mind was a bay Selle Francois stallion named I Love You, who competed in the 1980s.
August 4, 2011
A good series for horse crazy young teens. I loved it when I was younger.
September 22, 2017
There's a horse show in New York and Max is taking the three girls to go watch his old student, Dorothy DeSoto, compete. While there, the girls meet Skye Ransom, a teen actor, and teach him how to ride, along with having fun and making memories in the Big Apple.
I honestly had not remembered this series being so full of sad moments, but I feel like every book something bad happens! This time, Doroty DeSoto gets injured while riding Topside in the competition, when a lady watching spooks him. Although it turns out mostly okay - Dorothy can still ride, just not in competitions, and Topside returns to Pine Hollow with the girls - I didn't like that you don't find out who the lady was and that justice was not enacted. I somehow remembered that happening.
The Skye Ransom plot was incredibly funny. I had a blast reading it and couldn't help giggling. This has become a trope nowadays, where a small-town teen girl meets a big star teen boy. Yet there it normally goes all into romance and drama, whereas here it is handled with fun and a dose of reality. I really love how Bonnie Bryant does that.
Again, not one of my favourites, but still a fun read. They'd probably all read better if I weren't so looking forward to their return to the Dude Ranch in book 12...
I honestly had not remembered this series being so full of sad moments, but I feel like every book something bad happens! This time, Doroty DeSoto gets injured while riding Topside in the competition, when a lady watching spooks him. Although it turns out mostly okay - Dorothy can still ride, just not in competitions, and Topside returns to Pine Hollow with the girls - I didn't like that you don't find out who the lady was and that justice was not enacted. I somehow remembered that happening.
The Skye Ransom plot was incredibly funny. I had a blast reading it and couldn't help giggling. This has become a trope nowadays, where a small-town teen girl meets a big star teen boy. Yet there it normally goes all into romance and drama, whereas here it is handled with fun and a dose of reality. I really love how Bonnie Bryant does that.
Again, not one of my favourites, but still a fun read. They'd probably all read better if I weren't so looking forward to their return to the Dude Ranch in book 12...
March 22, 2022
In this book, the trio is invited to watch former student Dorothy DeSoto compete in the American Horse Show. They travel to New York to watch, and are even given behind the scenes access to the show. They even find time to do a little sight seeing in Greenwich Village, and go horseback riding in Central Park. They kindly help out an inexperienced rider, who happens to be someone they are very interested in. I loved this series so much. I can't even make myself have anything negative to say about it.
December 19, 2023
Not bad overall but I didn't like that . I liked that the main plot with Skye didn't try to get romantic whatever thoughts the girls might have had beforehand.
Not sure if I will read more of these - once the nostalgia of re-reading the first few books wore out they've been kinda meh. I'll give it a break for now!
Not sure if I will read more of these - once the nostalgia of re-reading the first few books wore out they've been kinda meh. I'll give it a break for now!
January 24, 2017
while not realistic it is totally relatable. what girl doesn't dream of meeting a celebrity and being indispensable to his success. I like that the girls were able to help other people besides skye. but I still hate how some characters, i.e. the actress, are 100% bad.
March 7, 2019
These 12 yr old kids are super well-travelled, yeah? This time they’re in New York and this book deals with the totally complimentary stories of meeting, befriending, and saving a cute movie star and devastating, career-ending riding injuries. Very silly, just as fun as always.
June 4, 2019
Tak tenhle díl mi přišel uhozený od začátku do konce, ale víte jak. V rámci celé série ho jednoduše nepřeskočíte, ale přečtete si všechny díly (ehm, tak dobře - všechny díly, co najdete) pěkně popořadě.
September 13, 2023
My daughter and I have our own little book club, and she picked this book. She really enjoyed it. I felt that there were too many loose ends, and I wasn't overly fond of the writing. I hope the next one is better. I'm just glad my daughter enjoyed it.
September 28, 2019
The One Where the Girls Meet a Movie Star
... and go to New York
The last time I picked up a book in The Saddle Club series was 20 years ago. I loved these characters - Stevie, Carole and Lisa - and their Willow Creek adventures. Reading this book - written in the late 80s - makes me nostalgic for a simpler time, when whole afternoons could be spent in a stable grooming horses capped by an ice cream sundae at the local mall branch of Tastee Delight. It's wholesome, good old fashioned girlhood at its best.
LOVE Skye Ransom. He's a great character.
... and go to New York
The last time I picked up a book in The Saddle Club series was 20 years ago. I loved these characters - Stevie, Carole and Lisa - and their Willow Creek adventures. Reading this book - written in the late 80s - makes me nostalgic for a simpler time, when whole afternoons could be spent in a stable grooming horses capped by an ice cream sundae at the local mall branch of Tastee Delight. It's wholesome, good old fashioned girlhood at its best.
LOVE Skye Ransom. He's a great character.
January 1, 2017
The eighth book in the Saddle Club series by Bonnie Bryant is titled Horse Show. In this novel, Carol, Stevie and Lisa are excited to learn about their horse riding instrutor’s trip to the American Horse Show in New York. They are dying to go. So together they hatch a scheme to be able to attend with Max and his mother Mrs. Regnery.
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January 6, 2014AMAZING! I read this whole entire series, but this was the best!
October 14, 2014
Princess Di? Oh my goodness, the dated-ness.
April 26, 2016
this one was a sad one. horse riding is dangerous but definitely worth the risk. the book ended ok.
the girls did meet a movies star. the TV episode for this book was soooo much different.
the girls did meet a movies star. the TV episode for this book was soooo much different.
December 6, 2016
Good book
Fun especially packed with action. Loved it. Carol is my favorite I like Stevie too though I just don't like Lisa
Fun especially packed with action. Loved it. Carol is my favorite I like Stevie too though I just don't like Lisa
August 9, 2021
Not super realistic, but it is nice to follow the club in NYC :) Some stuff about the horse show and what happened there bothered me though.
May 28, 2015
Relecture.
Je crois que celui-ci est mon préféré parmi tous ceux que je possède !
Je crois que celui-ci est mon préféré parmi tous ceux que je possède !
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July 26, 2018Read out of nostalgia. Nice for entertainment.
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