Tess - book 1

Tess is pony mad but her mum can't afford riding lessons.When a group of travellers come to live in the village, Tess secretly visits their horses.

As she makes friends with some of the gypsy families, Tess moves closer to living her dream and becoming a talented rider.But there's a lot of local hostility towards the travellers and when she finally confesses what she's been doing, Tess is shunned by her school friends and her mum forbids her to visit the gypsy site again.

Unless she can begin to break down barriers there's no chance that Tess will ever fulfill her dream.The series The Travellers is based on real life situations and follows what happens when a group of Romany gypsies come to live in a newly created council site on the edge of a village.

Romany traditions and history are subtly woven into these fast moving stories and each one is told from the viewpoint of a different character.