Nancy Cupp

Stuck on a Merry-Go-Round Nancy Cupp

A new horse story for teens looks at how family issues affect their lives. When she finds a dying mustang colt at an auction,

Anna must try to save him. As she learns to care for the sickly colt, she discovers her mother once enjoyed horses too. Family secrets are uncovered and the key to her mom's sketchy past is revealed.



A street-savvy teen from New York City, Anna is exiled to live in a nowhere town with her uncle. Feeling alone and rejected, she struggles to fit in despite bullying from a classmate. A new friend knows how to get things done, and together they tackle high-school head-on.



Her mom's overdose crisis rips Anna away from her new friends and sets her spinning on the merry-go-round of life again. With a reject mustang and an old mare, Anna must try to guide her addicted mom back to where they really belong in Stuck on a Merry-Go-Round.

This book is full of information about horses and their care.

Learn to identify colors, hoof care, and what makes them tick as well as tips on riding.

Explore the effect that drug addiction has on family members.

Anna struggles to make a life for herself despite her mother's drug abuse. Is there anything a teen can do to save her mom from self-destruction?

This book is more realistic than National Velvet, as touching as Black Beauty, and as hopeful as Misty of Chincoteague. It's about today's teens in today's world that have real problems with imperfect parents.