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Just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, fourteen-year-old Reese discovers they can — in the worst possible way.

Her family’s dream of winning the Black Elk race is shattered when their beloved horse, Trusted Treasure, falls at the last jump. Reese witnesses the family’s finances, hopes, and happiness go up in smoke. While still reeling from that loss, the family suffers a second tragedy, resulting in the sale of Trusted Treasure that irreparably damages Reese’s relationship with her father.

Heartbroken, Reese searches everywhere to find Trusted Treasure in the hopes she can bring him home and heal the rift with her father.

Then, during an unexpected turn of events, Reese meets Wes, a Lakota Indian, whose way of training horses is unlike anything she’s ever seen. If anyone can win the Black Elk, it’s Wes, but he’s struggling with his troubled past, and, having a teenage girl hanging around his barn isn’t exactly what he’d planned. Reese must prove her worth, against all odds, if she wants to heal her family, help Wes, and show them all that some dreams are worth fighting for. 

This book will have you laughing and crying – sometimes on the same page – all the while rooting for Reese, the most unlikely of heroes. Cashman has woven a spell-binding tale of an underdog – her heartaches, and triumphs that you will find in The Truth About Horses, impossible to put down.