Ana & Frog Search for Minty the Missing Horse by Shelley Burne-Field

Best friend cousins Ana and Frog turn junior detectives in a determined search for Whaea McCready’s missing horse, Minty.

Ana loves that horse more than anything. More than hip-hop. Much more than homework.

And her cousin is right by her side.

So Ana and Frog set out on a spy mission around their small town, searching for any clues that might lead them to Minty, and to whoever might have taken her.

Find out if the cousins can solve the mystery!

Perfect for readers who love:
– horse stories
– cosy mystery stories
– school stories
– Harriet the Spy

Funny middle grade story of two cousins turned junior detectives on the hunt for their aunty’s horse.

About the Author: Shelley Burne-Field (Samoa, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Rarua, Pakeha) is a kaituhituhi from Te Matau-a-Maui Hawke’s Bay. She writes articles and creative non-fiction as well as fiction of all sorts, including short stories. She has written two epic middle-grade adventure stories, Brave Kahu and the Porangi Magpie and Kimi the Kekeno, published in 2024 and 2025. She is an alumni of the Master of Creative Writing from Auckland University 2020 and also Te Papa Tupu mentoring programme. Her story ‘Speaking in Tongues’ was the only New Zealand Finalist in the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her work is now in print in anthologies around the world, and has appeared in Newsroom and on RNZ. Her story ‘Pinching out Dahlias’ is the most read short story published in Reading Room. Shelley is a proud member of the NZSA.

02 Jun 2026
 

Ana & Frog Search for Minty the Missing Horse by Shelley Burne-Field ISBN 9781991142597