Misty of Chincoteague - Marguerite Henry

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 ...  Read the complete review