A Very Good Chance

Set in Dublin and Siena, with its dizzying, dare-devil Palio horse race, Waterstones prize shortlisted author Sarah Moore Fitzgerald’s third novel is about taking chances, being brave and learning the best way to see the world. Ned’s a traveller and Minty’s a girl whose life is all going wrong; their story follows them from Dublin to Siena’s Palio on a journey that begins by a river. Some people step through a wardrobe to find adventure, but Minty follows the twisty-turny trees into Nettlebog. There she finds Ned Buckley – the moody, mysterious boy who never talks at school. As Minty’s world disintegrates around her she searches for refuge in the magical Nettlebog, and she discovers more about Ned: he’s able to ride wild horses. And he knows things about the human race that might just save her. Things about resilience and belief. Things about what it takes to be great. The third novel from bestselling Irish author, Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, following BACK TO BLACKBRICK and THE APPLE TART OF HOPE.