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232 pp.
January, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-531-30024-2
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LibraryISBN 0-531-33024-9
(4)
YA
In the late thirteenth century, Oyuna, a physically disabled Mongolian girl, dreams of owning a horse and winning an important race. Oyuna's mystical connection with the mare Bayan leads her on a solitary adventure across the desert and to an eventual meeting with Kublai Khan. The girl-and-horse story has a unique focus but suffers from some slow, occasionally obtuse, scenes. Glos.