by Marguerite Henry · Aladdin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781534402553
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«Misty of Chincoteague» is the children's novel by Marguerite Henry, published by Aladdin in paperback (173 pages, in English).
Paul and Maureen Beebe dream of owning one of the wild ponies of Chincoteague and Assateague islands. When the elusive mare Phantom, the wildest of the herd, appears at the annual Pony Penning Day auction with her newborn foal, their dream becomes a race to raise the money needed to buy them both.
60th anniversary edition, recognized with the Newbery Honor Book seal. The back cover announces other classics by Marguerite Henry.
Recommended for readers aged 8 to 12, especially for lovers of horses and classic stories of adventure and nature.
Marguerite Henry was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for King of the Wind, a 1948 book about horses, and she was a runner-up for two others. One of the latter, Misty of Chincoteague (1947), was the basis for several related titles and the 1961 movie Misty.
