This was an okay book, but it never really got exciting for me. There were so many side-stories, with Chewy and his leg, and the squirrel, and the swans and Rufus falling in the lake, that it felt like the main story of the neglected pony just wasn't developed enough. I didn't get to get attached to the pony, we didn't really see Stella and Josie take care of it, it was all a very very sudden attachment. Also, Stella is constantly at her aunt's veterinary clinic but doesn't know that antifreeze is poisonous to animals? I thought everyone knew that. ( )