Pres is having a difficult time of things: leaving foster carers to go and live with her Aunty Janelle means moving to Birmingham, starting a new school and giving up riding, the thing she loves the most. But when she stumbles across Stableheart, a stables in the heart of the city, she meets Hero, a rescue horse, and this could be just what she and Hero need.
Pres really does feel very alone at the start of the book. She was put into foster care when she was very young and can barely remember her mum. Now she has been uprooted from her foster carers to live with an aunt she doesn't know, and it means that every part of her life has to change. School in the city is completely different and overwhelming which is why she runs off one afternoon and stumbles across the stables. Before long, the stables have contacted the school asking for volunteers to help out and Pres is one of the students chosen. It becomes evident that she has a way with horses and she and Hero bond immediately which helps her to begin to make sense of everything. But when her Mum wants to see her, that throws everything back in the air again.
Helping Hero is a lovely story, perfect for animal fans, about discovering yourself and finding the space to make sense of the world. It's a gentle story that deftly weaves themes such as depression, friendships and being in care into the plot in a way that readers will understand. I really enjoyed it.
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