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Snow Pony

Alison Lester     Availability: Available
Format: Paperback - B format
Pages: 240
AUD $15.95 inc. GST
Snow Pony

Only Dusty can ride the Snow Pony. And no one but Dusty will trust her...;A tough and tender novel about a family's struggle to hold together during harsh times, and fourteen-year-old Dusty's faith in a wild horse they said could never be tamed.;

Description

Only Dusty can ride the wild Snow Pony.

And no one but Dusty will trust her...

Three years of drought have reduced the Riley's farm to a dirt patch and strained the family to breaking point. A trip to the mountains to muster their cattle promises a fresh start, but sudden violence erupts into the peaceful landscape...

Now Dusty and her beautiful brumby are tested as never before.

From the author of the remarkable bestseller The Quicksand Pony

'Lester tells a gripping yarn, brimming with classic pictures...Dusty emerges as a true mountain girl with a new friend who can match her in courage.'

Stella Lees, Australian Book Review

Awards

Shortlisted for the KOALA (Kids Own Australia Literary Awards, NSW) Awards 2002

shortlisted for the YABBA Children's Choice Book Awards 2002

About Alison Lester

Alison Lester is the well-known creator of many popular and award-winning children's books, many of which reflect her own country childhood.The Snow Pony was shortlisted for both YABBA and KOALA awards, reflecting its popularity with young readers of horse stories. The Quicksand Pony was shortlisted for the National Children's Award, Festival Awards for Literature in 1998, and in 1999 was the winner of the WA Young Readers Book Awards. Her picture book Are We There Yet? was the winner of the 2005 CBC Book of the Year - Picture Book award.

ISBN: 9781864489309
Australian Pub.: April 2001
Edition: 1
Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN
Imprint: A & U CHILDREN
Subject: Young adult fiction
Edition Number: 1
Suitable for ages: 10-14