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Dillon, Eilis

The Island of Horses

192 pp. | NYRB | May, 2004 | Trade ISBN 1-59017-102-0 $16.95
Reissue (1957, Funk & Wagnalls)
(2) 4-6 New York Review Children's Collection series. In this reissue of an Irish novel, two boys travel to an isolated island where a herd of wild horses roam, setting off a chain of events that culminates in a wild sea chase and the uncovering of a ring of horse thieves. Dillon paints a vivid portrait of the harsh life on these remote islands.
Reviewer: Terri Schmitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: December, 1957

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