Canterwood+Crest

**//Take the Reins//** is the first book in a series called **//Canterwood Crest//**. In this book, when Sasha Silver and her horse, Charm, first arrive at Canterwood, Sasha’s new boarding school, things don’t start out exactly as she would have planned. First of all, Sasha’s first impression on the campus goes horribly wrong, and Canterwood, known for its academic challenge, is living up to its reputation. Above all, three of the meanest, stuck-up, most competitive girls are also involved in the fierce riding program at Canterwood. These girls apparently seem out to get Sasha. Will Sasha stay at Canterwood? Will she make the advanced riding team she has worked so hard for? Or will the strenuous school studies and combative attitude of her fellow riders send her and Charm back home?
 * //Canterwood Crest: Take the Reins//**
 * //By: Jessica Burkhart//**
 * //Reviewed By: Shannon B.//**

I would definitely recommend this volume, and the whole series, to girls around the 7th grade, and to girls who love horses. Although it is a moderately easy read, it tells you from a first-person point of view how a girl feels throughout the book from getting used to, and learning to fit in at a boarding school, to dealing with a schedule of extremely difficult classes, and an exceedingly tough riding program. There is also much more, but these are the main reasons I would recommend this book.