My Friend Flicka

<p><strong>A blend of Steinbeck's short gem <em>The Red Pony</em> and Rawling's <em>The Yearling</em>. . . . This novel has sentiment and quality.-- Donald Gordon</strong></p><p><strong>A timeless favorite of adults and children alike <em>My Friend Flicka</em> resides in that borderland where some of the best-loved books in the English tongue hold their immortality. (<em>New York Herald Tribune)</em></strong></p><p>A daydreamer and a time waster young Ken McLaughlin spends his days on his family's Wyoming ranch with his head in the clouds surrounded by endless blue skies wide-open spaces and beautiful horses. To his brusque practical father the boy is an enigma and a disappointment. Then one day Ken's life is filled with new purpose when he finds Flicka a magnificent filly as wild as she is fast.</p><p>Though the strong bond between boy and horse only fuels his father's disdain Ken's growing love for his friend Flicka is changing him--leading a once-aimless young man down the path to responsible adulthood forging a new respect and understanding between father and son and inspiring a fierce loyalty that nearly costs Ken his life.</p>