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Children novels about a wild horse... suggestions?

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AllQuietOnThePippisFront · 12/06/2011 15:48

I am trying to find a novel that I read non-stop when I was 12ish (I think).

I do not remember the title nor the name of the horse nor anything except it was about a pack of wild horses with particualr focus on one. Something like Spirit but without all the adventure.

Go on please, you horse lovers, give me ideas, if nothing else I'll discover some new ones for my children.

Ah, I was 12 in 1986.

TIA

OP posts:
ManateeEquineOhara · 12/06/2011 15:51

The Silver Brumby?

Saggyoldclothcatpuss · 12/06/2011 17:10

Brumby? About a White stallion and his herd?

NightLark · 12/06/2011 17:23

My Friend Flicka (Flicker?). ?

meditrina · 12/06/2011 17:24

I answered on your other thread too.

Might it be the trilogy: My Friend Flicka, Thunderhead and The Green Grass of Wyoming (by Mary O'Hara)?

It almost certainly isn't Tschiffely's Ride, but that might be a book you'd like.

bruffin · 12/06/2011 17:25

Is it Thunderhead, sequel to My Friend Flicka and Green Grass if Wyoming.

I used to read the Brumby books, they were wild horses set in australia.

FannyPriceless · 12/06/2011 21:42

Is it a Marguerite Henry book? Mustang? Or Misty of Chincoteague?

Have a look at Jane Badger's website if you get stuck. She has every pony book ever on there! here

VivaLeBeaver · 12/06/2011 21:46

Thjanks for the Misty of Chincoteague suggestion.

I've been trying to remember a book which sounds very similar to OP's one for ages and its this one. Just ordered it from Amazon.

Browncoats · 13/06/2011 17:03

Is it The Phantom Horse by Christine Pullen-Thomson? Brilliant books.

Another absolutely fantastic series is the Jinny series, set in Scotland and written by Patricia Leitch. Cannot recommend them enough.

purpleloosestrife · 13/06/2011 17:33

the black stallion (series of 3)

chocolateyclur · 13/06/2011 17:44

Pony books are still my guilty pleasure. I desperately want to get the Collins pony library again.

I was thinking the Jinny books - her horse Shantih was originally "wild" in Scotland after escaping a circus following a crash.

molliemol · 13/06/2011 20:27

Could it be Spirit:stallion of the Cimarron? A film, definitely- not sure if it was a book first.

AllQuietOnThePippisFront · 16/06/2011 17:34

wow, thank you for all the suggestions. I will have a look at them one by one and see if I can find it. The fact that I grew up in Italy doesn't help... cannot even recognise the book cover Sad! Do not panic: I am sure the authour was from an english speaking country!

(apologies for the copy and paste from othet thread but time is valuable today, i.e. I am in a flipping rush!
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OP posts:
sprinkles77 · 19/06/2011 20:58

The man from snowy river.

sprinkles77 · 19/06/2011 20:59

Not a novel but lovely poem with great illustrations.

elephantpoo · 19/06/2011 21:51

chocolateyclur - I loved the Jinny and Shantih books. Lost hours "needing" to read the next chapter! Looked them up for DD recently. They are by Patricia Leitch.

shufflebum · 19/06/2011 21:52

From your description I would defintely say the Jinny books. Used to love them!

ManateeEquineOhara · 20/06/2011 13:07

I also loved the Jinny and Shantih books! I wanted to BE her! But they were not about a herd of wild horses!

mistlethrush · 20/06/2011 13:10

I think that there are more than 3 of the Black Stallion Books

I also enjoyed the Silver Brumby book and others in the same set

"Rosina Copper" was a lovely book if its still available - not wild - but more of a rescue scenario.

Pixel · 20/06/2011 14:15

I'd forgotten all about Rosina Copper. Oh I really want to read it now.

CornishKK · 20/06/2011 14:17

Phantom, Misty of Chincotague's Mum, it's got to be. I still have the box set!

QueenoftheVerse · 21/06/2011 15:34

They don't make the Jinny books by Patricia Leitch any more. I've got the whole series but I had to buy them from eBay and the last one I had to have shipped from Australia and it cost me around £18! Totally worth it though.

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