Lucy Diggs

Everyday Friends
Atheneum, New York, 1986, 256 pp.

Troll Communications, pb, 1987

“Overshadowed by her accomplished older sister, thirteen-year-old Marcy feels insecure and incapable of sticking
to any project or activity until she meets thirteen-year-old Natasha, an accomplished horsewoman, and determines
to learn to ride herself.”

Lucy Diggs has written two horse stories: Everyday Friends and Moon in the Water.  Both stories are aimed at teenagers.

Finding the book:  both books are easy and cheap to find.  Neither was published in the UK.

Sources and links:

Reviews of Everyday Friends

Bibliography: horse books only

Moon in the Water
Atheneum, New York, 1988, 234 pp.

“Set in the mid 1950s when a teenage boy named JoBob enters his horse Blue Chip in a show jumping
contest but also must fight with his abusive father who wants him to help with cock fighting.”  

Also:

Selene Goes Home

1989 - a cat story