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Lester, Alison

The Quicksand Pony

136 pp. | Houghton/Lorraine | October, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-395-93749-3 $$15.00
(2) 4-6 For years, Joe has lived in hiding with his emotionally disturbed mother in a valley on the Australian coastline. A year after his mother dies, nine-year-old Joe decides to secretly follow a young girl named Biddy and her parents on a cattle drive, torn between his growing need for human companionship and his love for the only home he's known. An intriguing, suspense-filled tale of two engaging characters.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 1999

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