Ride: Kit Meets Covington - Hardcover

Weiss, Bobbi JG

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763694398 ISBN 13: 9780763694395

Publisher: Candlewick Entertainment, 2017

Synopsis

When American teen Kit Bridges moves to England to attend an elite equestrian boarding school, neither she nor her new home will ever be quite the same.

Trying to move on from her mother’s death and afraid of riding after a bad fall, plucky fourteen-year-old Kit Bridges doesn’t quite know what to expect when her father takes a position at The Covington Academy, a prestigious boarding school in England. Things are looking up when Kit meets her cool, possibly secretly royal new roommate, Anya, and the boys of Covington, like Will, with their charming accents. But she hadn’t anticipated such a strict headmistress as Lady Covington. Or the expectation that every student be a rider. Or the wild horse that she seems to have a strange and special bond with. While navigating new friendships, romances, and an alarmingly austere new environment, Kit needs to figure out whether she’s ready to get back in the saddle. And at the end of the day, it’s hard to tell who will be more changed by her arrival — The Covington Academy or Kit herself.

About this title

About the Author:

Bobbi JG Weiss is a freelance writer who, along with her husband and writing partner, David Cody Weiss, has written everything from picture books and novels to online games, comic books, and graphic novels. She lives in California.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 4–6—The first in a series, this media tie-in based on the Nickelodeon TV show introduces 14-year-old Kit, an American who moves from Montana to an equestrian boarding school in England. Her father, described as a cowboy, takes a job there to get a fresh start after the death of Kit's mother. Complicating matters is the fact that Kit suffered a bad fall from a horse as an eight-year-old and hasn't been back in the saddle since. But when she forms a special bond with the wild horse TK, she has to put aside her fears in order to save him from being auctioned off by intimidating headmistress Lady Covington. Among her new friends and acquaintances are Will and Nav, roommates who compete for her affection; her own roommate Anya, a princess in disguise; and Elaine, the stuck-up prefect. Despite the frequent, and thus sometimes confusing, point-of-view shifts and the occasionally dated dialogue, tween readers may enjoy this typical boarding-school fare with its emphasis on the equestrian arts and its British flair. VERDICT Purchase where horse stories and the Nickelodeon TV series are popular.—Laurie Slagenwhite Walters, Brighton District Library, Brighton, MI

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick Entertainment
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0763694398
• ISBN 13: 9780763694395
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280