During that time away she became interested in other hobbies, but her love for horseriding never left her. But after she had a falling out with her childhood best friend, Taylor, she withdrew from riding and the riding community. 'Horseriding used to be everything Victoria thought about. Here's an early synopsis of the upcoming graphic novel, according to First Second Books: So, it is based on, a little bit based on my experiences being this young, horse crazy girl, and also based on my experience of having this one thing in my life that I loved.' There is nothing in this book that is completely true to events that happened to me, but I would consider it emotionally true. I would go and hang out at the barn with other young women who rode, and one boy, there was one boy who rode at the stables that I rode at when I was a young teen,' Hicks says of the new graphic novel. So, I was a horse crazy girl in my younger years. Visit Faith Erin Hicks’s website for more about her work and to read her webcomics.' Ride On is about young riders and horses and also Star Trek. Ride On has starred reviews from Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, and School Library Journal. An author’s note provides more context for the story. An absolute must-buy for graphic novel collections. Hicks’s illustration is realistic and soft, approachable. She understands how fandom breaks through walls and unites people – for good! – and deftly uses that understanding to give us a wonderful subplot. From Norrie’s hilariously drama queen personality to Victoria’s initially brusque, withdrawn temperament, and Sam’s “bro-dude” older brothers, readers will see themselves and people they know in Ride On. Every character in Ride On is someone worth knowing, including Quinn, the newest horse in the Edgewood stable.

Whether they’re new students at a boarding school ( A Year at Ellesmere), a street urchin living in a city overrun by invaders ( The Nameless City), or a homeschooled teen confronting a ghost ( Friends with Boys), she has the ability to weave the fantastic with the everyday and create special people. When the Edgewood riders are invited to a competition at Waverly, Victoria realizes that she will have to face her former best friend.įaith Erin Hicks masterfully creates characters and situations that speak to readers. She initially brushes off attempts at friendship from Norrie, one of the other students, but finds common ground in a science fiction TV show fandom and eventually lets her guard down and befriends Norrie and her friends, Hazel and Sam (the only boy at the school). Twelve-year-old equestrienne Victoria arrives at Edgewood Stables after a break from riding following a fallout with her former best friend, Victoria.

2022, First Second), $14.99, ISBN: 9781250772824Įisner Award winner Faith Erin Hicks is back with a new graphic novel! Ride On hits on all the things my middle graders love to read about: horses, friendship, and a challenging situation.

Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks