Things are hard for eleven year old yonder her mother died and her father has sunk into sadness.She doesn,t have a friends to name except for dirt,the shetland pony next store.dirt has problems of his own.he,s over wheight He,s always in trouble and his owner is mean miss Enid,who doesn,t have patience for a pony,s natural curiosity. His only friend yonder the scrawny girl next door.So when miss Enid decides to sell dirt for horsemeat ,yonder knows she has to find a way to rescue him.even if it means stealing dirt away and sneaking him into her own house. what follows will make you worry,will make you cry ,and will ultimately fill you with hope ,love and an unshakable belief in the power of friendship. Especially the four legged kind.-Denise gosliner Orenstein

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