Cassie & Jasper to the Rescue

The authenticity of Bryn Fleming’s book, CASSIE AND JASPER TO THE RESCUE, rings true on many levels. She sets her story in the John Day country of Central Oregon where she lives. Her feeling for the land is something she shares with us as someone who knows what life in the West is really like. The story is populated by folks from a hard-scrabble part of Oregon who are as real as the juniper and sagebrush. A deeper level of authenticity is in her understanding of the secret life of children. We can all remember when it was necessary to lie to our parents to protect some things adults wouldn’t…

Cassie and Jasper try to save an abused horse in this tense and heroic little adventure. Twelve-year-old Cassie doesn’t always do what she should, but she follows her heart. She finds school tedious, and her sass often gets her in trouble. Her passion is working the ranch with Pa, although Cassie is still raw from the passing of her mother two years before. Then Cassie’s friend Jasper, takes her to see an older horse, Glory, that’s being starved and neglected by a cruel rancher. Intensely empathetic Cassie cannot resist her desire to save Glory: “All my life I’d felt like that, like an…

An action packed, brilliantly written story with an awesome climax that young horse lovers will thoroughly enjoy . . . certainly the best horse book I've ever read. -Declan Gregg, the first ASPCA Jr. Equine Angel, youngest ASPCA Equine Welfare Ambassador, ASPCA Humane Kid of the Year, and founder of Children 4 Horses

Breathless, I galloped through the exciting suspense as Cassie and her friend Jasper risked their lives for the abused horse, Glory. Bryn Fleming's crisp writing style perfectly suits Cassie's rough-and-tumble personality. Yet Bryn's description has an eloquence only Cassie could reveal for her beloved ranch lands. -Award-winning author and UCONN Creative Writing adjunct professor, Pegi Deitz Shea

Contemporary Western ranch kids, Cassie and Jasper, plan and execute a daring rescue of a neglected horse. I held my breath at the courage of these two kids and can't wait to read more of their thrilling adventures.