I’ve been wanting to write young adult for well over fifteen years. The proof? This manuscript, Walking Summer, that’s been on my hard drive since roughly 2009 or as close I can tell with computer crashes since then. Walking Summer is a young adult (YA) equestrian novel without any fantasy elements. It tells the story of Piper who as a freshman was left with a spinal cord injury and rehabilitation after a car crash. She couldn’t ride her horse anymore, and it was only now, as her sophmore year comes to a close, that she’s been able to walk again.

Walking Summer by Kit W Muse
Blurb:
Will Piper be able to ride again?
Nearly two years ago the car she’d been riding in with her best friend crashed, leaving Piper unable to walk, let alone ride her horse, Amigo. Shortly after the accident Chloe, her best friend and the car’s driver, moved away. Piper hasn’t seen or heard from her since. She’s been spending her time regaining strength, and when she finds a flyer for a local therapeutic riding program, she feels like this is her chance to get back in the saddle.
But as she finishes her sophomore year, she discovers Chloe is returning and needs a place to board her horse. Piper makes the offer for Chloe’s horse to stay with her, hoping she can regain the friendship they once had. But Chloe’s changed. She’d always been the adventurous one, but Piper soon realizes there’s something more going on with her friend. And she wonders if she ever knew Chloe at all.
All Piper wants is to ride Amigo again, and competing in the show at the end of the summer makes the perfect goal. But will she move too fast and end up jeopardizing her chances of getting back in the saddle at all? And will her friendship with Chloe survive the summer?

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