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 My Friend Flicka - Mary O'Hara
 My Friend Flicka - Mary O'Hara ... loves riding on the ranch in Wyoming. All he wants is a colt of his very own. Horses are the family's livelihood, and Dad can't afford to waste a valuable animal on a dreamer like Ken. Will Ken ever get to own the horse of his dreams?Newest Review: ... back home from school, having failed the fourth grade so utterly he is to repeat the entire year. Between the unsalable ... more ... nature of some of his stock, and the extortionate school fees he now has to fork out for yet again, Rob is at his wits end with the boy. He decides to punish his daydreaming , wayward son by not allowing him to choose his own horse, as he is at the age his older brother was when he got his own. Nell can see the boy more clearly though, and understands he is not doing these things out of spite or carelessnes.he is simply who he is, and persuades Rob to allow the boy this cahnce. Nell loves her husband and her sons equally...more |
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My Friend Flicka with Jewelry (CharmingClassics) by Mary O'Hara - ...
Pages: 352, Paperback, HarperFestival - Books/Subjects/Children ... Last Update 02.12.2008 19:30
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My Friend Flicka - Mary O'Hara: Wayward Son (923 words)
by shroud - written on 29/04/08 (Very useful, 77 readings)
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At first glance, it would be easy to assume this is another story about a horse. That is indeed what first drew 11 year old me to select this book at the bookstore, but within its pages I found so much more. This is the story of a coming of age, not only of the young boy whose story is told, but that of a father too, coming into his own as parent. Its easy to shine as an adult when everything seems to be going your way. Former Army captain and war hero Rob McLaughlin seems to have it all at first. A beautiful wife with impeccable family connections, she was not only the perfect officer's wife, but a wonderful caring wife and mother, and underneath it all, ...
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