Books with author Karen Wood

A Trickstars Adventure with Ruby, Lexie and Kit, the fantastic trick-riding tripletsRuby’s terrible premonition about Destiny comes true when the colt is taken from them by Chance's original owners. With Chance and Grampy both heartbroken, the Trickstars follow Destiny to the Silver Mountains. But saving Destiny depends on the help of friends in unexpected places.

The first in a warm-hearted and adventurous series about friendship, courage, a spirited girl, and the love of horsesAfter a horrific accident, Jess loses Diamond, her beloved pony. Her best friend, Shara, the only witness to the accident, won't tell Jess what happened. Hurt and betrayed, Jess feels as if she's lost not just one best friend, but two. Then she gets to know a beautiful filly called Walkabout, and makes some new friends. Things are looking up—until it seems that Walkabout is to be sold to a cruel new owner. The kids come up with a rescue plan that involves Jess competing at the next "campdraft"—a sport involving a horse and rider working cattle. Can Jess win the campdraft and use the prize money to buy Walkabout, the filly of her dreams? And will she ever make it up with Shara, her ex-soul-sister?

In this fourth book in the warm-hearted Diamond Spirit series, Shara and her friends decide to protest against the wild horse race that has come to townShara heard her father's four-wheel drive back up to the horse float, and moments later the sounds of hooves up a tailgate. She rushed to the window and saw Rocko's big brown rump move into the float next to Goldie's.'Dad! Dad! No!' She threw herself down the back steps, sobbing. 'I'm sorry!'When Shara and her friends decide to protest against a wild horse race, it sounds fun, even heroic, but they don't plan on the tangle of heartbreak that follows. The police are on her doorstep, her friend Corey is in the hospital, and both her beloved horses have been taken from her. Shara will need the whole town on her side before she can put things right.

In the second book in the adventurous Diamond Spirit trilogy, Jess's friend Luke needs help figuring out where he belongsAfter a harsh childhood spent in foster care, Luke comes to Harry's place through a horse gentling program, and found the closest thing he's ever had to family. But when Harry dies, Luke's life quickly falls apart. He has a bitter falling out with Harry's son Lawson, and, afraid of becoming lost in the foster system again, Luke runs away, taking little but a moonstone pendant given to him by Jess. He finds himself camped by a river with three Aboriginal elders. Can they help him discover who he is and where he belongs?

The first in a warm-hearted and adventurous series about friendship, courage, a spirited girl, and the love of horsesAfter a horrific accident, Jess loses Diamond, her beloved pony. Her best friend, Shara, the only witness to the accident, won't tell Jess what happened. Hurt and betrayed, Jess feels as if she's lost not just one best friend, but two. Then she gets to know a beautiful filly called Walkabout, and makes some new friends. Things are looking up—until it seems that Walkabout is to be sold to a cruel new owner. The kids come up with a rescue plan that involves Jess competing at the next "campdraft"—a sport involving a horse and rider working cattle. Can Jess win the campdraft and use the prize money to buy Walkabout, the filly of her dreams? And will she ever make it up with Shara, her ex-soul-sister?

Finally the day has come when Jess can bring home her filly Opal—but after Opal almost drowns in a flooded river, she falls ill and won't get better. Has her spirit abandoned her?'What did you decide to call her?' asked Lawson, looking over Jess's shoulder.'Opal,' said Jess, gazing lovingly at the little chestnut foal.'Bad-luck stones,' grunted Lawson.Finally the day has come when Jess can bring home her once-in-a-lifetime horse. But Opal falls ill, the local vet just can't find a cure, and Lawson casts her out onto his cattle station to "do or die." Wild with anger and refusing to give up, Jess heads west on an outback droving trip with her best friends—and Luke. Will she be able to bring Opal home? And could Luke be her once-in-a-lifetime boy?

In this fifth book in the warm-hearted Diamond Spirit series, Jess and Luke are out to foil the "brumby runners" who so callously trap wild mountain horses and leave them broken and traumatized. Can they save the wild horses? Jess ran out to the front gate. "What are you doing? Where are you going?" "I'm going to stop those brumby runners," Luke wrenched open the door of the ute and climbed in. "What brumby runners? You don't even know who they are or where they come from." "I know where the horses come from." When Luke brings home a truckload of traumatized "brumbies," or feral horses, some with horrific injuries, Jess agrees something must be done. Can Jess, Luke, and their friends foil the runners and save the wild mountain horses from their cruel fate? And in going back to Matty's Flat, will Luke discover where he really belongs?

Finally the day has come when Jess can bring home her filly Opal. But after Opal almost drowns in a flooded river, she falls ill and won't get better. Has Diamond's spirit abandoned her? This is the final book in the Diamond Spirit series. 'What did you decide to call her?' asked Lawson, looking over Jess's shoulder.'Opal,' said Jess, gazing lovingly at the little chestnut foal.'Bad - luck stones,' grunted Lawson.Finally the day has come when Jess can bring home her once - in - a - lifetime horse. But Opal falls ill, the local vet just can't find a cure and Lawson casts her out onto his cattle station to 'do or die'.Wild with anger and refusing to give up, Jess heads west on an outback droving trip with her best friends - and Luke. Will she be able to bring Opal home? And could Luke be her once - in - a - lifetime boy?