Facing fear
Hailey is afraid of horses and sees Freedom as a way to confront that fear; reader commentary also identifies character growth.
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Angela Dorsey - Author
This is a horse-centred mystery-adventure about Hailey, her friend Elaine, and Freedom, a foal with unusual connections to the past. Suspense grows through a disappearance, a dangerous flood and a threatening adult figure.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a horse-centred mystery-adventure about Hailey, her friend Elaine, and Freedom, a foal with unusual connections to the past. Suspense grows through a disappearance, a dangerous flood and a threatening adult figure.
Hailey is afraid of horses and sees Freedom as a way to confront that fear; reader commentary also identifies character growth.
The girls’ knowledge about Freedom helps drive the search, while they must be careful about seeming unbelievable to others.
Be aware of intense flooding, a car leaving the road into a flooding river, someone being swept away, blood without detail, a missing girl and a frightening man. The disappearance is linked to urgent illness and medicine in reader discussion.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: another book-specific source is still needed; the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.