Venom

Children's Literature
- Della A. Yannuzzi
Spencer is a 16-year-old who has some problems. He is living with his grandmother because he and his mother don't get along. One of the reasons for this is Spencer's part-time job at a racing stable. Spencer loves horses and exercises them at Scampy Scallopini's racing stable. The thing is his mother doesn't want him to work with horses since his father died from a horse fall. When she finds out his grades are low, she tells him he has to quit his job, come home, and put more effort into his schoolwork. But Spencer can't because he enjoys working with horses, likes Scampy's niece Em, and is trying to solve a mystery. Who is giving a horse named Lord of the Flies a drug to win races? And what is it? The title gives a hint.