Fourth-grader Billy Gelford feels that everything in his life is wrong from his hectic homelife to the bullies at school and his spoiled friendship with his best friend, Juan, a Mexican American whose family is the target of racial prejudice....
Born and bred in New York City, eleven-year-old Carrie is not looking forward to spending the summer on her aunt's Colorado ranch until she is introduced to Georgia, a Paint horse that is as swift as the wind....