Fifteen-year-old Fran rescues an abused horse from a gypsy traveler and
nurses him to health. She names him Charlie and realizes he is a horse
of rare quality. She and her mother suspect that he was stolen, but
Fran's love of Charlie grows. Then a mysterious gypsy boy appears out of
nowhere and a string of tack thefts hits the area. Fran befriends the
boy, Kez, who has a talent with horses. Fran and Kez must find the real
thieves before Kez is convicted, all the while growing more certain that
Charlie's real owners will come and take him away.