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The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

5.0

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"Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you." No, of course that doesn't come from Stiefvater's The Scorpio Races, but it encapsulates the basic spirit of the book. Puck only wants to stay on the island with her brothers and keep their family's home. Sean works with horses and the capaill uisce and races in the annual Scorpio Races. He lives for the draw of the water horses and for survival. Both have their own reasons for wanting - needing - to win the Races. But only one will, and one will have dreams lost. But is there something to be gained even in losing? Fierce competition. Friendship. Maybe more. Who and what will win? Everything comes with a price.