Even Jana and Theres only vaguely suspect the difficulties their friend Alberta is facing at home. Her old-fashioned name is the least of her problems. The strong resistance from her Kazakh father regarding things that are taken for granted by other 14-year-olds makes life hard for Alberta. But there’s the Rappenhof with the understanding Isa, and there are the beloved Icelanders. She still hasn’t found her horse, though. She wants a favorite horse; she needs it now. Immediately! And then this speckled mare is brought to the farm, and Alberta looks into her eyes, into that strangely blue, almost human right eye...