Dude Ranch

The founders of The Saddle Club -- Stevie Lake,??Carole Hanson, and Lisa Atwood -- gear up for the??adventure of their lives when their friend Kate Devine??invites them to her family's dude ranch. They will??have a whole week of cowboy-style riding, plus the??fun of making Kate a club??member.



But when they arrive, the girls soon realize??there's more to the West than Hollywood shootout and??colorful costumes. To show a cowhand that they're??not just "dumb dudes," they pitch in with??chores and help on a cattle roundup, where Stevie??has a run-in with a dangerous rattlesnake. Another??sour note for Stevie: Her birthday is coming up,??and no one seems to care. Little does she know that??her Saddle Club buddies have a top-secret surprise??in the works for her!

Bonnie Bryant is the author of nearly a hundred books about horses, including The Saddle Club series, Saddle Club Super Editions, and the Pony Tales series. She began writing The Saddle Club in 1986. Although she had done some riding before that, she intensified her studies and found herself learning right along with her characters. Though she claims that Stevie, Carole and Lisa are all much better riders than she is.