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309 pp.
| Holiday |
February, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8234-2948-6$17.95
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4-6
In 1839 Connecticut, teen Daniel Linnehan (A Difficult Boy) joins peddler Mr. Stocking and his ward Billy to re-train and care for neglected and abused traveling-circus ponies. Daniel's annoyance with Billy--a girl in disguise--gradually lessens, but when Billy's abusive father returns, they're all in danger. Elements of exaggerated melodrama strain credulity, but apt horse-training sequences will entrance horse lovers.