Showjumpers. Stacy Gregg

      PONY CLUB RIVALS

       Showjumpers

      STACY GREGG

       Copyright

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2010

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      Text copyright © Stacy Gregg 2010

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      Source ISBN: 9780007333448

      Ebook Edition © SEPTEMBER 2010 ISBN: 9780007412372

      Version: 2019-05-23

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       The Pony Club Rivals series:

      1. The Auditions

       2. Showjumpers

      3. Riding Star

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Note to Readers

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       About The Author

       About the Publisher

       This book is dedicated with grateful thanks to Stan Govender, John Harman, Keith Barclay, Beverley Sweeten-Smith, Melissa, Lisa and the wonderful team at St Marks

       Chapter One

      As Georgie Parker stepped aboard the plane, she felt like a total imposter. She was about to enter a world that was far too glamorous for a girl from Little Brampton – a tiny horsey village in the middle of rural Gloucestershire. Up until a couple of months ago when she had first arrived at the Blainford Academy, the closest she’d ever come to being taken anywhere by a boy was when Adrian Baxter had given her a double to the shops on the handlebars of his bike. Now, here she was, being whisked away on a private jet, about to spend the mid-term break with the impossibly gorgeous James Kirkwood.

      Try to act casual, Georgie told herself. Pretend you spend all your time on board private jets.

      “Sorry we got stuck with the little plane today,” James apologised as he threw their luggage into one of the overhead lockers. “Dad and The Stepmom are using the big one. I guess we’ll have to make do!”

      Georgie took in the sleek interior of the jet and couldn’t keep up her act any longer. “Ohmygod, James,” she said as she sat down on one of the enormous white leather seats. “This is totally amazing!”

      “Do you want a drink?” James said as he walked to the back of the plane and opened a wall cabinet to reveal a fridge. “There’s lemonade, Coke or juice.”

      “Juice,