Sarah S Secret Ally O Connor Adventures Book 2

Ally and friends discover that the new girl in town is from an abusive family. They try to help her and attempt to save her horse from a fire.

When a mysterious boy rides out of the woods and into Ally's life, her fun-spirited friend Nick becomes jealous-and suspicious. Who is this bold Jeff Kruck? Why does he live with his aunt but spend so much time in the woods? Why does he sneak around at night? Is Jeff behind a rash of break-ins and vandalism in the neighborhood? In the quest for answers, Ally learns you can't always paint someone "bad" or "guilty" with a single stroke. As she tries to convince Nick, and herself, that Jeff may not be the neighborhood vandal, she learns deeper issues are at hand. Can she help the truly troubled Jeff and show Nick there's room for many friends in a girl's life? Ally surprises even herself in this third book of the Ally O'Connor Adventures. About the series: Whether saving wild mustangs at a nature preserve or encouraging teammates to try new moves in gymnastics, Ally O'Connor is a girl with a sense of mission. As she searches to find her own place and purpose in the world, she helps others do the same. Her faith and love of life are contagious, as Nick, his little sister, Molly, and others join in Ally's adventures.

Ally and friends discover a plot to kill wild mustangs in the first book of the Ally O'Connor Adventure series.

#1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!