This is a very sweet and fun book of a young girl figuring out how to make friends and fulfilling her love of being a #horsegirl.
I very much enjoyed the characters and this was a super quick read. The additional facts were great and very useful for kids that are interested in horses and riding.

Super entertaining! I was hooked from the title alone. I will be recommencing for middle grade readers who love realistic fiction.

I think kids who love horse books will enjoy this. I didn't love it quite as much -- but maybe because horses aren't a passion for me.

I have had so many students in the past few years asking me for stories about horses and riding in general. It’s been so hard to find something that fit their needs, but I can absolute see Horse Girls being a book that middle grade students will devour. The book does a great job of providing information about riding and showing horses for those that are not familiar with the process or the terminology. I also think the author did a great job of character development by bringing in multiple traits that fit well with the story line (Willa’s mom being an army pilot, lots of puns and dad jokes). The book brought in a lot of insight into the “clique” life of middle school and how you typically develop new friendships as well - which is always OKAY! The author does a great job portraying the middle school experience from an adult’s perspective, navigating this life between being an adult and a young child, that maturity switch - all of these are huge factors that play into the middle school behavior, and it is shown in a great way through Willa and the #HorseGirls.

Horse girl is the sweet story of Willa, a head over heels girl for horses. Willa is a seventh grader that goes by the name Wills and has a mom that serves in the Air Force as a pilot. Dad is the kind of dad my girls have, a little quirky and quite funny. This book will leave you longing for breakfast for dinner (which is my favorite), a stable family that doesn't move, and probably for a horse like Clyde. When Wills gets the opportunity to start riding lessons, she becomes very fond of a Clydesdale named Clyde Lee. This book also faces the topic of "mean girls" and also anonymous inspiring notes after Wills & Clyde Lee have a difficult run. I do like that the book has a central focus around horses, and my girls love horse books, so I will be adding this one to my classroom library, and probably school library if I get in one soon.

Thank you for the eARC via Penguin and Edelweiss.