"As an obsessive (and perhaps insufferable) horse girl, I lived for The Saddle Club series ($6). It followed the adventures of three horse-crazy girls: Carole (an army brat), Stevie (a tom boy), and Lisa (a goody two shoes). The cool thing about the series was that it went beyond the barn antics and pony problems, and showed the real obstacles faced by the girls with family, boys, and growing up. I found that it treated the reader like an adult, and didn't water anything down even though it was for kids, which made me love it even more." — Casey McCormick, Senior Creative Strategist