The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger by Jackie French (9780732289287)

Description - The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger by Jackie French

An exciting new tale of a brumby, a boy and a bushranger in the Animal Stars series. (Book 5) Ages: 9 - 13

A story of survival, second chances ... and a dance with danger. Young Billy Marks is a pickpocket, transported to the penal colony of New South Wales. He and his mate reckon they'll become bushrangers- but that's before Billy's had a chance to see the bush up close. And when he buys the big white brumby stallion, covered with scars but refusing to bend to any man's will, he knows he made the right choice. Billy's daughter Mattie Jane thinks her father can ride any horse who ever lived ... and so can she! But when tragedy strikes, the Marks clan, including Mattie and her beloved horse, Rebel Yell, will need all the courage they can find to keep the family together. the deeds and disputed stories of Jackie French's own ancestors inspire another novel - a novel of proud and gutsy horses, trailblazing farmers and their resilient wives, and desperate men forced to break the law to survive.

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Book Details

ISBN: 9780732289287
ISBN-10: 0732289289

Classification:
Children's, young adult & educational »
Children's & young adult fiction & true stories »
Historical fiction (Children's/YA)

Format: Paperback / softback
(197mm x 129mm x 21mm)
Pages: 288
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Publish Date: 1-Aug-2010
Country of Publication: Australia

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Author Biography - Jackie French

Jackie French is a full-time writer who lives near Braidwood in the Araluen Valley, NSW. In 2000, Hitler's Daughter was awarded the CBC Younger Readers' Award. To the Moon and Back won the Eve Pownall Award in 2005. Macbeth and Son, and Josephine Wants to Dance were both shortlisted for the 2007 CBC Awards.