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Pal the pony is too little to participate in the rodeo but becomes the star of the ranch in a different way.

Starley is a young girl living in Hawaii who dreams of the being the best rodeo rider in the state. With the encouragement of her friends and the devotion of her talented chestnut mare, Sunshine, she just might have what it takes to win.

Out of the mists of Oregon lore, Ken Kesey has summoned a long-remembered story he first heard as a boy from his father around a campfire: the "last go round" at the Pendleton Round-Up in 1911, which pitted three cowboys against each other as they rode for the first world broncbusting crown.

Link Lochlin of the Keystone Ranch has been having dream images and waking visions of a secluded, castle-like structure. He ventures off by himself in search of it. He is met on his way by a mysterious blacksmith who seems to know more about the object of his quest than he does. When he finds the castle, he also finds a woman who lives secluded in the tower and a gravedigger who spends all his time digging graves for women but without bodies for them....

As he attempts to fulfil a list left behind by his deceased best friend, nineteen-year-old Case meets eighteen-year-old Winnie, a hardworking ranch hand with aspirations of her own, and together they embark on an unexpected journey as they chase down their rodeo dreams.

"Yeehaw, Sparky is off to the Texas rodeo to find himself a job! There he eats delicious-smelling BBQ, watches mutton chasing and barrel racing, and even helps a new friend become a rodeo dog. But as Sparky heads home, he still doesn't have a job himself. Wait, he has the very best job of all--being Josh's best friend!"--