Stardust and the Daredevil Ponies
Stacy Gregg
- Reading
- Read it as an action-oriented horse adventure, pausing to discuss how competition affects friendships and whether helping animals changes the characters’ choices. Check in if danger or rivalry feels intense.
- Themes
- Responsibility towards animals: Issie handles horses on a film set, seeks help from her pony-club friends and becomes involved when ponies are in danger. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Competition and friendship: Issie and her friends are involved in pony-club activities, with gymkhanas to win and rivals to defeat. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Be ready for suspense around ponies described as being in danger, alongside rivalry and an actress whose behaviour causes concern. The intensity, resolution and detail of these situations are unclear.