This is a really awesome Horse Diaries book. The main character horse is first called Dark Girl by her owner. But when a circus comes to town, a small girl from the circus family befriends the horse and renames her Luna. Luna and May bond, and when they help save the animals when two youths start a fire in the barn, Luna's owner gifts her to May. At first May's family is skeptical about owning a horse with no circus experience, but Luna proves that she can perform with the best of them. The only problem is that May's family won't allow her to perform in the circus, or even ride at all, because of a bad foot. I love that May practices on Luna in secret at night, I love the bond that they have and the determination that May has. When May was finally able to show what she could do, prove to her family just how great she could perform with Luna, it brought tears to my eyes. Wonderful book. ( )