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4.7/5 Barnes & Noble Publication date 1996 Pages 175 pp Originally published 1996 Publisher Scholastic Corporation | 3.5/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print OCLC 33667886 ISBN 9780590552516 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Fire Pony is a children's novel written by Rodman Philbrick, first published in the United States in 1996 by Blue Sky Press. It is titled Fire Pony in the UK, where it was first published in 2005 by Usborne Publishing.
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Plot summary
11-year-old Roy and his big brother, Joe, are on the run from the authorities 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.
List of characters
The horses
References
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