When fifteen-year-old rachel is forced to move to Boston in 1872, she is furious. She is also lonely, for her beloved horse, peaches, has been sold. But rachel soon finds a horse that needs her, and needs her desperately...When fifteen-year-old rachel is forced to move to Boston in 1872, she is furious. She is also lonely, for her beloved horse, peaches, has been sold. But rachel soon finds a horse that needs her, and needs her desperately: The Governor's girl, a famous firehorse, has been badly burned.