By far my favorite Magic Attic Club book (and not just because the main character has my name, and the fact that I love horses...), this is a very good book and fun to read. ( )

Alison doesn't get on the team with her frinds for the Academic Bowl, and so she totally messes up. As the club members always do, she goes up to the attic to escape her problems. She puts on a riding outfit and ends up riding Adagio, an old horse who can't seem to do the jumps he's supposed to. Heather realizes that she needs teamwork to figure out his strength- which is dressage. They win first place at the end of the day (even though she's never ridden before), and Heather takes what she's learned about teamwork back to her own team to beat her friends at the Academic Bowl. ( )