1. Nike’s Great Race: This one gets number one because I just love pegasuses. Pegusi? Either way, they’re just so cool and I love the flowy scarfs and such that’s decorated on Nike too. Really, I love the cover illustration. As for the plot, I do enjoy Marta’s story as she defends her family home against rich snobs, showing that determination and hard work is the best way to reach for success even if you’re just a “cattle farmer.”

2. Coral and the Pearl Diver: I love how these books expand on the world of North of North and make each place distinct with its own cultures and traditions. Just like this, the islands of Awdi Salaca which make up Miki’s home and their mainsource of income, pearl diving. But Miki’s community are losing their main source of revenue as well as food with the coral and plant life dying out. It has a good message about pollution and just like with Nike, sea horses are just so cool and beautiful.

Shamal’s Secret: Once again, the varied lands are a source of fascination for me as Shamal’s Treasure brings readers to Autumn Sands, a desert-based land of magic run by the mysterious Desiree. A cult of wolf-riders that are highly revered and hate horses and their Valkyries. Amber is thrilled to be chosen to join their ranks until she meets Shamal and is inexplicable drawn to him. She thinks he’s hypnotizing her as Desiree propganda would suggest but then she finds out all she’s ever known about life was wrong. Now Amber has a choice, Shamal and becoming an enemy to the fierce Desiree cult or staying it safe and delivering Shamal to a certain death.

Harmony’s Journey: What can I say, I love music so a music-inspired story like harmony’s wass always going to make it to the top ten. Plus it has an interesting mystery as the villainous Maestro’s hypnosis music has robbed Lorelei of her memory and her sister. It adds suspense and danger to the story as she doesn’t quite know where she’s going much less how to avoid the shape-shifting crow-man especially when she has such a powerful ally in Harmony who the Maestro is determined to use against her.

Valkrist’s Flight: This was one of the first books that made me cry when I was little. Emma’s lonliness and isolation with her aunt and uncle is palpable as she feels pushed out of her own family’s horse stables whose business is growing more dire. Worse is when she’s blamed for the fire. But this is North of North and magic is present in the air, so it is an exciting adventure as Emma learns more of the Valkyrie lore and the bond between the goddess Sara and her horse, Bella.