Meg and Merlin

By Tanya Landman and Sonia Albert

A ride in the countryside spirals out of control for Meg and Merlin in this dramatic new addition to Tanya Landman’s lovable horse-riding series

A ride in the countryside spirals out of control for Meg and Merlin in this dramatic new addition to Tanya Landman’s lovable horse-riding series.

Meg and her new friend Sam Houseman meet up to take their horses out on a hack, but after a lovely day in the countryside, Meg gets lost while making her way home. Then things take a dangerous turn when Merlin gets spooked and takes off, galloping straight towards a main road … Can Meg get him back under control before disaster strikes?

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Mar 2, 2023
• ISBN: 9781800902367

Tanya Landman

Tanya has been part of Storybox Theatre since 1992 working as a writer, administrator and performer. She is the author of many books for children and is currently based in Devon.

Book preview

In memory of the real Merlin,

who really did run away with me

Contents

Title Page

Dedication

1. The Time Before Merlin

2. Explorers

3. Perfect Day

4. At the End of the Day

5. Attacked!

Copyright

CHAPTER 1

The Time Before Merlin

One Christmas, Meg’s uncle told a story about something silly that he’d done when he was a young man. With a laugh and wink to the other grown-ups, he’d added, "You know … BC."

Meg hadn’t understood why that was funny. The next day, she had asked Dad what BC was and he’d said that it meant Before Children. She still didn’t really get it.

But then one summer morning she woke up with the thought in her head that her own life had split into Before and After. Not Before Children, but Before Merlin.

Before Merlin was a fuzzy memory. Before Merlin Meg had wished and wanted and longed for a pony of her own. She had wanted it so badly that it hurt.

Before Merlin she’d only had rides at the local stables from time to time. Those short rides had seemed to be over in the blink of an eye. And then there would be long, empty days with no ponies and no rides.

Then everything changed. She’d woken up on her tenth birthday and