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Clare Balding''s second brilliant adventure for Charlie Bass and her funny family of humans and animals.

Life is slowly getting back to normal for Charlie after her reluctant racehorse, Noble Warrior, won the Derby and saved her family from financial ruin. But drama soon returns to Folly Farm when thieves break into the farmyard in the dead of night and kidnap Noble Warrior! With the police baffled and no trace of the prizewinning thoroughbred to be found, Charlie launches her own investigation...



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A heart-warming story with a great girl-power message * Jacqueline Wilson on The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop *
A cheerful paean to books, big thighs and working hard to realise your dreams * Guardian *
Funny and touching * Telegraph *
There are useful human life lessons here: create a team, Balding urges, delegate, do your research, believe in yourself, and magic ensues * Observer *
Will inspire girls to aim high * Daily Express *
Charlie is a feisty, funny girl who will appeal to pony-mad readers who'll devour all the inside knowledge of the equine world that Balding brings to her debut * Daily Mail *

The Racehorse Who Disappeared

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    A Paperback / softback by Clare Balding, Tony Ross, Tony Ross

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      Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
      Publication Date: 31/05/2018
      ISBN13: 9780141377384, 978-0141377384
      ISBN10: 0141377380

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Clare Balding''s second brilliant adventure for Charlie Bass and her funny family of humans and animals.

      Life is slowly getting back to normal for Charlie after her reluctant racehorse, Noble Warrior, won the Derby and saved her family from financial ruin. But drama soon returns to Folly Farm when thieves break into the farmyard in the dead of night and kidnap Noble Warrior! With the police baffled and no trace of the prizewinning thoroughbred to be found, Charlie launches her own investigation...



      Trade Review
      A heart-warming story with a great girl-power message * Jacqueline Wilson on The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop *
      A cheerful paean to books, big thighs and working hard to realise your dreams * Guardian *
      Funny and touching * Telegraph *
      There are useful human life lessons here: create a team, Balding urges, delegate, do your research, believe in yourself, and magic ensues * Observer *
      Will inspire girls to aim high * Daily Express *
      Charlie is a feisty, funny girl who will appeal to pony-mad readers who'll devour all the inside knowledge of the equine world that Balding brings to her debut * Daily Mail *

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