Pony
R. J. Palacio
Set in 1860, this story follows twelve-year-old Silas after three armed men force his father, Martin Bird, to leave with them. Although his father tells him not to follow, Silas sets out when a horse from the kidnappers appears the next morning. With Mittenwool, the ghost who has long been his companion, Silas rides into a forest he fears and names the horse Pony. After getting lost, he encounters Marshal Farmer, whose search for counterfeiters becomes connected to Silas’s father and the name Mac Boat.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.
