Eleven-year-old Pres can't remember a time before her mum gave her away. Now, she's leaving behind her foster parents to go and live in the city with her eccentric Aunty Janelle. Here he discovers Stablehart, a riding stables in the heart of the city, and meets Hero, a bay pony who has his own secrets. Hero won't let anyone touch him, let alone ride him. But Pres knows all about difficult pasts and together they'll learn that sometimes to make a place a home, you have to let the past catch up with you . . .