New York: Atheneum, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - Ten-year-old Frances, (although everyone calls her Panky), overweight and lonely after a move to the country becomes friends with Katie, despite her mother's disapproval because Katie's father is only a head groom. Panky becomes involved in helping at the stable and especially interested in a horse that needs her help and in doing so also overcomes her own problems. Illustrated with drawings by Charles Saxon. 95 pp. ISBN: 0-68930997x.