The summer before ninth grade, Magic Kendall's best friend lets her secret out - she sees animals' auras. Now the teasing and texting doesn't stop. She finds refuge at her aunt's horse ranch in a small mountain town, Willow Bridge, California.
Sure that no one will discover her weird, psychic abilities, she helps with therapy riding and makes a quirky group of friends. And she just might have a crush on a young cowboy who works at the ranch. All is going well until she witnesses a terrible horse-trailer crash. Magic knows from the energy of the Thoroughbred's aura, that she can save Sierra Blue. But will the filly ever race again? Is it worth risking her fragile new friendships in order to save Sierra Blue? What will Magic learn about truth, friendship, and all kinds of "different"?

Suzanne Morgan Williams is the author of more than a dozen books for people ten and up, including her upper MG/YA book, Sierra Blue, and the young adult novel, Bull Rider which won a Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Her articles have appeared in Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, SCBWI Bulletin and The Essential Guide to Publishing for Children, as well as in The Children's Writers' and Illustrators' Market, and Nevada Humanities' Heart to Heart. Suzanne is a Nevada Arts Council teaching artist and Regional Advisor Emerita of the Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators, Nevada Region. Visit suzannemorganwilliams.com