Adventures of a horse girlHow many young girls see themselves a horse girl, yearning for adventures. Open the cover to this book, adventure awaits. Stormwind of the North Country by Jodi L. Auborn
Kat’s life is changed forever the summer she is fourteen, when she finds herself fighting for the preservation of her father’s land, the safety of her best friend, and the life of Stormwind, the horse she loves. Kat lives with her widowed father, Luke, and younger brother, Dave, in their remote country farmhouse. She loves exploring the forest surrounding her house, and taking horseback riding lessons at the stable down the road. Her free-spirited father had taught her to love the natural world, and she considers herself a true outdoor girl. After making a shocking discovery one morning, Kat struggles to rescue Stormwind, her favorite horse at the stable, from its abusive owner. Then her father brings home an unwelcome visitor with a secret that could destroy the way of life that the family loves. This upsetting change sends Kat and her dog, Hesperus, running away on a month-long camping trip in the wilderness with Stormwind. There, she finds a true friend in Randy, a teenage drifter with a mysterious past. After an accident forces them to return to Kat’s house, she must deal with the family problem she’d left behind, and help Randy overcome the memories of his troubled childhood. "Stormwind of the North Country" is a story about horses and nature, freedom and self-reliance. It is about going after your dreams, being yourself, and standing up for your beliefs. In her adventures at home and in the Adirondack wilderness, Kat learns that friendship and love will solve her problems.
Jodi Auborn is a fiction writer living in Ticonderoga, NY. In the past, she has had poetry published in high school and college magazines and yearbooks, and a personal essay in a local newspaper. "I began writing “Stormwind of the North Country” as a horse-crazy nine-year-old. It was just a short story about a horse girl who rescued a beautiful horse from its abusive owner. At the time, I had no idea that that simple story would stick with me through my high school and college years, and beyond, as the story evolved and added new characters and situations.
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