A man Jess had never seen before stood holding the flyscreen door open.'Do you own an Appaloosa pony?' he asked.'Yes."It's stuck in the cattle grid down near the old drovers' yards.'Jess's blood ran cold.At the start of the summer holidays, the unthinkable happens when Jess's beloved pony Diamond has a terrible accident. Why won't Shara, Jess's closest friend, tell her what happened down on the river flats that day? Jess suspects the worst, and feels as though she's lost not just one best friend, but two.But new friends and new horses come into Jess's life, along with the chance to compete in the Longwood campdraft. And there's one little filly who needs her help. Can Walkabout heal Jess's broken heart in return?

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Diamond Spirit .

This book has been graded for interest at 11-14 years.

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by Allen & Unwin .

Karen Wood has been involved with horses for most of her life. Her most special horse is a little chestnut gelding called Reo. She is married with two children and lives on the Central Coast, New South Wales.