A Middle Grade Novel written by Debbie McMannis

Pickett’s Ponies is a story that grew in my heart and my imagination after a brief encounter in a stockyard with a young white pony, that I hope, someone purchased for their children to play with and ride. I like to think that’s what happened but I did not stay until the end of the auction that day.

As I drove away from the stockyards, I found myself thinking about ponies and the difficult lives they can live, if they aren’t owned by people who love them. 

Pickett’s Ponies opens on Jester’s life as a chid’s pony but he is quickly sold to Lester T. Pickett to be used for pony rides. Life on a pony ring is never dull and Jester faces many unexpected twists and challenges in his new life as a ring pony. As the story unfolds, Jester meets many ponies whose lives intertwine, however briefly, with his own.

Pickett’s Ponies will soon be available as an ebook on Amazon. The first three chapters are free and if you sign up here for my newsletter, I will send you the fourth chapter for free too!