Spud and Charli

Does your imagination ever run wild?

Charli is at riding camp, where her dream is about to come true – she will finally learn to ride a real, live horse.

But when show-off Mikaela picks the horse Charli wants, her heart bungees to her toes. Instead of the beautiful palomino Razz, Charli's stuck riding the massive retired racehorse Spud. And what about the bats that fill the night sky? Don't bats spread deadly diseases?

Riding camp isn't turning out the way Charli planned, especially when she finds herself in the middle of a life-threatening disaster.

An action-packed adventure about horses, bats and getting carried away by your imagination.

About the Author

Samantha Wheeler lives in Brisbane with her family and many animals. Her first story took shape during a writing course at the Queensland Writers Centre in 2009 and was accepted into the inaugural Allen and Unwin Children’s Manuscript Development Program in 2010. She went on to have a short story published in the One Book Many Brisbanes anthology and to write Smooch & Rose, her first children’s novel, inspired by a local strawberry farm and her concern for Queensland’s koalas.