Lalla lives for Saturdays and her riding lesson, so she is dismayed to hear that not only will she be missing her visit to the stables this week, but she is being packed off to the west country to spend a week of the Easter hols with a great aunt and uncle she has never met before. She protests but her father's mind is made up, he knows she will be safe and well cared for there while he takes her mother away for a few days - after all, what could possibly happen in sleepy Devon? However, `Hemlock Hall' has a history and it is not long before Lalla finds herself caught up in fulfilling a task set 400 years ago by Monsieur de Chevalaine, a warlock who once lived there. The task is to seek and return four mythical horses to its secret valley and sanctuary. This has to be completed by a descendant of the warlock who must also be an only child of an only child. Lalla meets the oddly dressed boy Hal and the quest begins, but she is not alone in trying to track the horses down.The wicked Professor Alwyn Mortlake from Slorterham Laboratories has her own designs on them. Nor will Lalla be an only child for much longer as she learns that her parents' trip has been cut short and the baby her mother is expecting is now due to arrive sooner than expected. Time is not on her side and this will be a ride she will never forget. Set in the 1980s, The Horses of Hemlock Hall is a thrilling children's story that will appeal to fans of fantasy fiction aged 9 and above.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 200 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Troubador Publishing .

Growing up in a small village and being pony mad, Sarah Harvey would cycle miles at the weekends just to spend a morning at the stables, later begging and borrowing ponies to take to rallies and shows. Her passion for horses has continued throughout her life, and she remains passionate about equine welfare. Sarah now has two grown-up daughters and splits her time between South Devon and France with her partner.