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Stableheart: Helping Hero

An exciting new horse series with heart
Series: Stableheart
Brief Description
The first book in a brand NEW horse series full of heart, set in an inner city riding stables. Perfect for fans of Heartland and Tracy Beaker. Eleven-year-old Pres can’t remember a time before her mum gave her away. Now, she’s leaving behind her foster parents... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The first book in a brand NEW horse series full of heart, set in an inner city riding stables. Perfect for fans of Heartland and Tracy Beaker.

Eleven-year-old Pres can’t remember a time before her mum gave her away. Now, she’s leaving behind her foster parents to go and live in the city with her eccentric Aunty Janelle.

Here she discovers Stablehart, a riding stables in the heart of the city, and meets Hero, a bay pony who has his own secrets. Hero won’t let anyone touch him, let alone ride him. But Pres knows all about difficult pasts and together they’ll learn that sometimes to make a place a home, you have to let the past catch up with you.

A contemporary horse series with a diverse cast of characters, for children who love horses!

Series: Stableheart

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781398540583

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 June 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Illustration: b-w illustrations throughout

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Nicci Johnson was born to a Jamaican father and Trinidadian mother and spent her childhood exploring both these islands before returning to the UK to study veterinary science and work both as a general practitioner and ophthalmologist. She has published short stories and poetry in UK anthologies, but it wasn't until her children’s novel The Little Witch from London made the FAB 2021 shortlist, that she took the jump to pursue writing full time. She now resides in Surrey with rescue animals, her husband, and is a mother to three boys, one with special needs whose cheerful outlook inspires her daily.

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