I loved the Jill books when I was a child & after 45+ years I suddenly found a link to this book by accident & couldn't resist buying it as all my old Jill books fell apart from so much use. I was thrilled to find that this book is published with the original text (some of the newer versions updated the language to reflect modern times) as this was the text of my original books. I throughly enjoyed reading this again and found that my memory hadn't played tricks on me - Jill still seems an independent resourceful girl and I still found parts of it funny, just as I had when a pony mad girl all those years ago. I have to say I don't like the cover much, I would have preferred the original cover which would seem more in keeping with the period of the book.