Dragonsdale, #1

Take one look at the cover of this book, and you get a true feel for what's inside. (Yes in this case you can judge a book by its cover!) For all of those little girls who love horses, here is a book about loving dragons the very same way. Cara works, hard mucking out the stalls for her father, Huw, the owner and master of Dragonsdale, the "most famous dragon-training farm" on the Isle of Bresal. Cara dreams of riding a dragon, and Sky is the dragon she'd most like to ride. But, Cara's father lost his wife in a dragon-riding accident, and he isn't willing to risk his beloved daughter. Now, meet Hortense, the daughter of the local Lord, a snooty, lazy young lady, who wants what she wants, when she wants it, and right now she's decided she wants Sky.