# The Night Ride - Hardcover

by **J. Anderson Coats** (Author)

**_The Black Stallion_ meets Tamora Pierce in this adventure-filled middle grade novel about a young stable girl who discovers a secret that endangers her beloved horse and threatens her future.**

Sonnia loves horses more than anything. She works at her family's struggling pony ride business but dreams of the beautiful steeds in the royal stables, especially Ricochet, who she's been slowly saving money to buy--even though she knows people from her impoverished neighborhood are rarely so lucky.

Then Ricochet is moved to the racetrack across town, and Sonnia lands a job there. Now, she can see Ricochet every day and earn enough money to buy him in no time--all while helping her family with her new wages She even joins the junior racing cadre to train to become a jockey. But then she uncovers their secret pastime: competing in the Night Ride, a dangerous and highly illegal race in the darkest hours before dawn. Every race puts the horses at risk.

Sonnia wants to protect the horses she's grown to care for, but she's only a kid from the poor side of town--considered expendable, just like the horses. If she just keeps her head down, soon she can buy Ricochet and get him out of there--and keep supporting her family. But would she be able to live with herself?

### Author Biography

J. Anderson Coats has master's degrees in history and library science and has published short stories in numerous literary magazines and anthologies. She is the author of the acclaimed novels _The Wicked and the Just_, _The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming_, _R Is for Rebel_, _The Green Children of Woolpit_, and _The Night Ride_, as well as _A Season Most Unfair_. She lives with her family in Washington State. Visit her at JAndersonCoats.com.

**Number of Pages:** 224

**Dimensions:** 0.88 x 8.5 x 5.79 IN

**Publication Date:** October 12, 2021

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Night Ride

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 5.2

**Point Value:** 8

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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