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Misty of Chincoteague - Marguerite Henry

Description: ISBN 1416927832 / Author: Marguerite Henry / Genre: Junior Books / Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks

Newest Review: ... and animals at the tender age of 11. her father was a publisher and exposed her to the wonderful world of reading, when, at ... more

... the age of six, she was struck down by rheumatic fever. Unable to attend school for fear of catching childhood illnesses that would prove fatal to her, she spent her time at home, often convalescing in her bed. Books became her best friends, and one Christmas, she awoke to find a gift from her father . It was a writing desk, placed in her bedroom, with a stack of tablets to write in, with a note saying, "Dear Last of the Mohicans: Not a penny for your thoughts, but a tablet. Merry Christmas! Pappa Louis XXXX....more

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Misty of Chincoteague - Marguerite Henry: Wild Hearts can't Be Broken (825 words)
by shroud - written on 15/04/08 (Very useful, 100 readings)
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Ever since I was about 7, I had a mania for horses that lasted in adolescence. This of course translated over into my choice of personal reading material. Having been given a selective set of books to read up until then, I was aghast to discover the utter tripe that many books aimed at my age group contained, and this was even true of horsey stories! Not for me the dumbed down pap passed off mass market. I had read and was still reading quality books written for the young by the likes of Roald Dahl, Frank L Baum, Lois Lenski, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and so on, so what I wanted to read was that sort of quality, but about horses. So I complained to my mother, who as a ...

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