When Marnya immigrates to New Zealand from South Africa in 1953 with her mother and sister, her mother cuts off Marnya’s hair and changes her name to George to hide her identity as a girl. Hours later, their Christmas Eve train plummets into the Whangaehu River and George loses not only her family and name, but also the answers as to why her mother deceived her father and fled their homeland.
‘The many horse-loving young readers who have read through Stacy Gregg’s MG horse-and-pony club novels will be delighted by George’s skill with horses’ writes Erica Stretton in the Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books.
From Read NZ: ‘The world-building and description of landscape and school life were immersive, and I often felt like I was right there with George, experiencing her journey through her eyes, too.’
