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    The SkyHorse
    The SkyHorse
    The SkyHorse
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    The SkyHorse

    By HL Carpenter

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    When fourteen year old Tovi Taggert moves to Honeysuckle Hollow to take care of her grandmother, she has a hard time fitting in. For one thing, she’s been tagged with the hated nickname Too-Tall Tovi. For another, everyone at Honeysuckle Hollow High believes Tovi played the Choking Game with someone else’s boyfriend and made out with him besides.

    As if she doesn’t have enough problems, after the latest stand-off in the school hallway, Tovi finds a gorgeous speckled egg nestled in a feather lined nest.

    She takes the egg home. Mysterious visitors begin appearing almost immediately. Even more worrisome, whatever is inside the egg starts chipping its way out.

    When the egg hatches, revealing a winged horse, Tovi’s troubles multiply.

    As she struggles to return the horse to the magical land where he belongs, Tovi must make a courageous decision—and accept what that decision will cost her.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHL Carpenter
    Release dateMay 31, 2015
    ISBN9780988409552
    The SkyHorse
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    HL Carpenter

    Dear Reader,Hi, there! We’re HL Carpenter, a mother/daughter duo. We write family-friendly fiction from our studios in Carpenter Country, a magical place that, like our stories, is unreal but not untrue. When we’re not writing, we enjoy exploring the Land of What-If and practicing the fine art of Curiosity. We invite you to visit us at HLCarpenter.com for free reads, links to guest blog posts, and other news from Carpenter Country. We also invite you to sign up for our newsletter, which goes out every Saturday thanks to the hard-working team at MailChimp. The newsletter is free, we’ll never spam you, and you can unsubscribe easily at any time (not that you’ll want to).If you want to talk to us, send an email to editor @ TopDrawerInkCorp.com or hl_carpenter @ HLCarpenter.com, or you can connect on Google+ or LinkedIn.Thanks for reading, and welcome to Carpenter Country! Now that we've met, we hope you’ll be a regular visitor.H & L Carpenter

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