Ceccie is ten and has a passion for sketching horses. On her walk home from a sketching session a petite appaloosa mysteriously appears and stares at her. The encounter sparks an agonizing longing for a midnight ride. The horse later mysteriously appears at her window and they do ride out into the night. The horse deliberately ends the ride at a barn where nine year old Rachel is held prisoner by a man and woman. Ceccie overhears a snatch of conversation between the kidnappers that drives her to rescue Rachel immediately rather than ride for help. She quickly finds that her own courage is not...

Twelve year old Bo had just struck a spark with the prettiest girl in school when Daddy shatters life itself with, "Momma just died in a car wreck and they are blaming me. Bo, I'm so sorry, but we gotta run." From a cave mouth where they are hiding out Bo sees Ceecie and Whisper riding together in full harmony - without saddle or bridle. He falls in love but does not show himself until Whisper brings Ceecie second and a third time. Compelled by love Bo Shows himself but tells Ceecie he and Daddy are searching for outlaw treasure left by an ancestor who left only vauge directions in a diary....