Ten-year-old Miranda Stevens is sure that if she only had a horse, it wouldn't matter that she her mom is far away or that she has to go to a school where she has no friends. She is so enthralled with horses that she doesn't hesitate when a bully dares her to jump on the most beautiful horse she has ever seen as it grazes in a nearby pasture. Her impulsive action begins a chain of events that tests her courage and spawns unexpected friendships.