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2) Misty
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Phantom, a rarely seen mare, eludes all efforts to capture her until a young brother and sister lay eyes on her. Although Phantom would forever be a creature of the wild, her gentle, loyal colt Misty is another story altogether.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Every summer on Chincoteague Island, there is an auction of ponies who have swum across the channel from Assateague, where ponies run free. If Julie works hard and saves her money all year, perhaps she can win the pony of her dreams, her very own Chincoteague pony"--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In parts of the United States, herds of wild ponies still roam free. The most famous wild ponies live on Assateague Island, off the coast of Maryland and Virginia. The animals on the Virginia side of the island the Chincoteague ponies are owned by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company. Every year, the fire department sells some of the ponies to raise money that will help care for the rest of the herd. Thousands of people attend the auction, and...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn all about the true story behind Misty, Chincoteague Island, and Marguerite Henry! Ever since Marguerite Henry's Misty of Chincoteague was first published in 1947, generations of children have continued to be captivated by the beloved story. But did you know that the Newbery Award-winning author owned a pet pony named Misty in real life? Learn all about Misty and Marguerite's friendship in this true story.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Brooke Rhodes is excited to go to sleepaway riding camp for two weeks with her Chincoteague pony, Foxy. However, camp doesn't turn out to be quite as fun as Brooke expected. The other girls all know each other already, and they don't seem interested in bringing a newbie into their group. Besides that, they're all riding tall, fancy, super well-trained show horses--not scruffy young Chincoteague ponies. Then Brooke overhears that this might be the...
10) Maddie's dream
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Madison "Maddie" Martinez loves her weekly riding lessons, and she loves working with her favorite horse, Cloudy, every time. So she is shocked when she finds out Cloudy's former owners might want to buy her back! Maddie desperately concocts various plans to stop the sale: maybe she can raise money to buy Cloudy herself, or what if she can make the potential buyers lose interest? Maddie's online Pony Post friends--Brooke Rhodes, Hayley Duncan, Nina...
11) Wild ponies
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Presents a day in the life of a herd of wild ponies on Assateague Island.
14) Moonlight mile
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Language
English
Description
"When her horse show performance goes horribly wrong, Nina wonders if a Halloween ghost could be involved in this fourth book in a contemporary middle grade series in the tradition of Marguerite Henry's Misty of Chincoteague. Nina Peralt's boarding and lesson barn will be putting on a horse show this fall, and she can't wait to show off how well she and her pony, Breezy, have been doing lately! Bonus: the cute older brother of one of her fellow riders...
16) Misty
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
The story of an orphaned brother and sister who work to earn the money to buy a pony in the annual auction of the wild ponies of Assateague Island.
17) True riders
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Brooke has major boy problems - from her brothers to her crush to her horse - in this sixth book in a contemporary middle grade series in the tradition of Marguerite Henry's Misty of Chincoteague.
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