Two desperate people are training for the Scorpio Races - races held on the island beach every November 1st. The horses are the magical capall uisce - water horses that come from the sea and are monsters in horse form. Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. But his job as horse trainer and jockey with the wealthy Malvern's is threatened by the boss's malevolent son. If he won the race this year he maybe could buy Corr, the water horse he has trained from a colt, and set himself up in his own business.Puck (Kate) Connolly is desperate too. Desperate to hold on to what's left of her family since her parents were killed by water horses and her older brother is determined to leave the island for mainland life. Desperate to hold on to the family home that the wealthy Malverns are about to forclose on.
The two are thrown together in preparation for the races that take lives as well as transform lives, and they find themselves drawn together emotionally as well. But there can only be one winner.
Stiefvater once again weaves a magical story- this one of wild magic against the background of the wild November Atlantic Ocean, and the wild hearts of two islanders facing impossible odds. A magical fantasy that well deserves the Printz Honor Award it won in January.
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