ruby F had such a great way with words, and Jill is so great, she's not always noble and can be selfish and as for Cecilia and her squashed flowers...DDDD
Ps. My fave stories were the one where she goes and stays with the rich family that have lots of ponies and she competes one of them, and the one (?might be the same book) where she opens a mini riding school and buys loads of ponies!
My mum bought me Jill's Gymkhana from a jumble sale when I was a pony mad urchin (still am, by the way! ... in my head anyway!) and it was the first "proper" book I ever read. Never got over it really..... Anyone know what year it was published? Trul u the stuff of little girls' dreams....