Young Adult Equestrian Fiction - The Christmas Horse

Teenagers love horses. They love to ride horses,reader, or have a story that is too hokey. They
they love to groom horses, and they love to readaren't going to read it, not unless it's a homework
about horses. The horse books I read as a teenassignment perhaps. And if it's going to have
are still some of my favorites today. Horses havehorses in it, then it had better sound especially
personalities and there are no two alike. It is thetrue. Young Adult Equestrian Fiction is a genre in
horse's personality that speaks to the youngitself. These readers know the horse life. A lot of
reader. The author can describe the horsethem are living it, dream about it, and aspire to it.
perfectly, and it can be the most beautiful horseBe creative with your plot. The teenage character
on earth. But unless that horse's personalityand/or characters in the story need to have
engages the characters in the story, and thus theissues, because issues are the way of life for
reader, it might just as well be a picture book.most teenagers, and it's even better if the horses
If the horse has adversity to overcome, whohave issues, too. They develop a partnership with
better to relate than a teenager? Perhaps thetheir horse, a friendship, they listen to one
horse is smaller than the other horses in the barn,another. Be cautious about introducing a horse
or large and awkward, lacking grace. Maybe thethat's a rogue. Stories such as this were
horse is shy, scared. With practice and schooling, aextremely popular years ago, but have a
horse can develop presence, confidence. Withdownside. While a rogue horse can be
hard work, an equestrian and his or her horse canrehabilitated, it is rare that it will come at the
excel.hands of a novice. The teen might just end up
Don't think you can talk down to any teen fictiongetting hurt.