Angels Club (One Kid, One Horse, Can Change the World)

A Middle Grade novel Coming Summer 2014.

Hola, Cuties! I’m Jacinda Gonzalez, nearly twelve. I love, love, LOVE horses. Like, big time. Maybe because mi abuela gave me a unicorn——a stuffed one, duh——when I was a baby and it’s my most prized possession? I don’t know, but I live, breathe, eat, no, WAIT! Take that back! I don’t EAT them, ’cause that would be horrendous. Anyway, I’m talking big-heart love here. My room walls are one half section short of being entirely covered in equine posters. Mami, my little sister, Tia, and I moved in with Abuela Rosa after the Big D happened a couple of years ago, but she died just before summer, leaving my heart in tiny chunks. Now I’ve got a new home, a new middle school ... and new wounds in my soul from the mean, awful words that fly my way every day. Though it kills, I try not to let them see my pain, especially that snobby Victory Miles. Her name already spells out the winner here! What chance do I have?

I volunteer at a therapeutic horse ranch that helps disabled kids, which definitely puts things in perspective. Unlike the beasts in school, Angel, a new, curly horse is no hater and befriends me instantly. She’s the closest thing to a unicorn I’ve ever seen! This mysterious tattoo I find on her launches me into a quest to learn more about her past. As I start to track it and follow the tear-jerking path she’s traveled, I discover we’re a lot alike. She’s a fighter like me. She went to the fiery pit and back and is still the kindest, gentlest soul imaginable. Angel gives me a fab idea for taking on my bullies. And it’s NOT with my fists.

You see, Angel’s name is so fitting because she really is an angel. And I’m determined to be one too. I’m also gonna gather as many angels as I can and not stop until this ugly world is a whole lot brighter. I’m cool like that. And even though I stayed back in third, I'm definitely not dumb!

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