AGES 7-10: After Maya’s parents are killed in an auto accident, she finds herself living with her very restrictive grandmother. The only memories of Maya’s mother are represented by a collection of small plastic horses and a crumpled photo Maya sequesters in a secret shoebox. Endless processions of mean nannies care for Maya until her grandmother suddenly dies of a stroke. Maya is then sent to Montana to live with her maternal grandfather, uncle and aunt on their horse ranch. Maya discove


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