Gift Horse

I almost wished Summer''s little crowd would have laughed at her snotty words. That they didn''t, that they maybe felt sorry for me, was worse. Was I someone you feel sorry for? Just when Winnie Willis feels like school could be almost tolerable, Summer Spidell has to be . . . well, Summer. Worse, Winnie''s friend Hawk is away for Christmas vacation, and Winnie is lonely. Then a mysterious horse shows up in the pasture behind her house. Suddenly Winnie is caught in a life-and-death struggle with the old mare. Who is the horse''s owner? Will Winnie be able to keep-and save-this "gift horse"?