Fire Pony
Published on 1. April 2015
192 pages
978-1-4095-9107-8 (ISBN)
Description
Roy and his big brother, Joe, are on the run from their past. When they fetch up at the Bar None ranch their shared passion for horses soon wins them great respect, and Roy is offered the chance of a lifetime - to break in a wild pony that runs like the desert wind. He is even promised that if he can ride Lady Luck, he can keep her - a dream come true.
But Roy knows that Joe has a dangerous secret... a dark obsession that could explode at any time and send Roy's dream, and their whole world, up in smoke.
Full of rich detail of life in the American west, Fire Pony is an emotionally charged thriller by the internationally acclaimed author, Rodman Philbrick.
But Roy knows that Joe has a dangerous secret... a dark obsession that could explode at any time and send Roy's dream, and their whole world, up in smoke.
Full of rich detail of life in the American west, Fire Pony is an emotionally charged thriller by the internationally acclaimed author, Rodman Philbrick.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 10 to 12 years
ISBN-13
978-1-4095-9107-8 (9781409591078)
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Rodman Philbrick
Fire Pony
Book
07/2008
Usborne Publishing Ltd
€27.42
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Person
Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick has written more than a dozen award-winning novels for young readers, but before he began writing children's books, he was a prize-winning author of mysteries for adults. Rodman Philbrick's first novel for young readers, Freak the Mighty, has nearly four million copies in print and won the California Young Reader Medal before its release as a feature film, The Mighty, starring Sharon Stone. Rodman Philbrick grew up in a small town in New England, and he currently divides his time between Maine and the Florida Keys.
