Mary's Song
by:
Susan Count (author)
Ruth Sanderson (illustrator)
Twelve-year-old Mary falls in love with a foal that is lame, just like her. The expensive surgery the foal needs has little chance to correct the problem. Still Mary plots and conspires to raise money to save the horse, even as time runs out. She sacrifices what she holds dear - the trust of her...
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Twelve-year-old Mary falls in love with a foal that is lame, just like her. The expensive surgery the foal needs has little chance to correct the problem. Still Mary plots and conspires to raise money to save the horse, even as time runs out. She sacrifices what she holds dear - the trust of her papa, to gain her heart's desire. But she could lose everything in her struggle to save the foal.
For tween fans of the classic horse books like The Black Stallion, Black Beauty and Misty of Chincoteague.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780997088335 (0997088338)
Publish date: 2016-10-20
Publisher: Hastings Creations Group
Pages no: 122
Edition language: English
Texas, 1952. Twelve-year-old Mary has spent much of her young life in a wheelchair due to a virus that also took her mother’s life. Despite her disability, she has big dreams, and one of her favorite activities is drawing the horses that live in the neighboring fields. “Each sketch was a wish to rid...