Sweetbriars Tabby's Big Year

A Tale of Sweetbriars. A 'feel good', coming of age series, for horse-mad girls, teens and those 'young at heart'. Tabby's Big Year, won the Best Young Adult Fiction award at the 2019 EQUUS Film Festival. It's also been called a 'Must Read' by Horse & Hound and 'included several times in the Pony Magazine's best horse book recommendations.



This second book follows Tabby. After her father vanishes, a deep rift develops in Tabby's family. Tabby's mother is focused on being a star performer in her pharmaceutical sales career, while Ava, Tabby's older sister, is living with grandparents in Cornwall. Tabby feels neglected by her mother and jealous of Ava and although outwardly diligent and responsible, she's like a kettle about to blow its top... bottling things up until it's nearly impossible to keep a lid on her frustration and sadness.



Tabby finds solace with her best friends Cate and Violet at Sweetbriars Farm where she is nursing her dream horse Bliss back to peak performance, to be able to participate in the try-outs for the British Young Riders Squad. Tabby also finds herself facing other challenges - saving her beloved horse Nancy from the knacker's yard and finding the courage to tell her friends the truth about her family.



Will Tabby be able to save the horses she loves and be brave enough to tell people how she really feels?