Book excerpt: In the second book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye must face a new challenge with a friend from her past stays at the ranch Skye now calls home, threatening her new life and the horses she holds dear. Skye Nicholson used to be a lot like her past friend Sooze: loud, angry, and willing to do anything to prove she didn’t need anyone. But after coming to Keystone Stables and realizing she is worth being loved, Skye’s life has changed. Now she would do anything to stay at the stables and around her beloved horses. But while the girls start training for an upcoming horse show, Sooze decides to sneak off with a hard-to-control Tennessee walking horse named Stormy, and disaster strikes—soon, Skye is questioning everything she’s started to believe about herself, including her newfound faith. On the Victory Trail: is written by an author who has firsthand experience with horses and foster care explores the effects of cancer on friends and family is a contemporary and realistic plot, with an inspirational Christian message contains extensive back matter on different horse breeds, how to care for them, and horsemanship, as well as facts, diagrams, and a glossary of horse terms so girls can better know their favorite animal