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Pony

from the bestselling author of Wonder

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Brought to you by Puffin.

The highly anticipated, unforgettable new story from the internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning author of WONDER.

When Silas Bird wakes in the dead of night, he watches powerlessly as three strangers take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool . . . who happens to be a ghost. But then a mysterious pony shows up at his door, and Silas knows what he has to do. So begins a perilous journey to find his father - a journey that will connect him with his past, his future, and the unknowable world around him.

PONY is destined to become a future classic.

© R.J. Palacio 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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Critic reviews

Perfection . . . A beautiful, funny, heart-twisting wonder of a book . . . A brilliant story of love and courage

Well worth the wait . . . Palacio is a fantastic writer . . . Thrillingly told . . . A story that will take many children on the ride of their literary lives
Tremendous . . . Such a blend of adventure, thoughtfulness, magic, intelligence and deep feeling is very special and rare (Amanda Craig)
A magical story . . . Pony is pure delight
R J Palacio, author of a modern classic children's book of our era, has somehow crafted what feels like an entirely different breed of classic: page-turning and heart expanding, elegiac and adventurous . . . timeless and utterly necessary to our current moment (Gayle Forman, author of If I Stay)
A brilliant adventure and a heartfelt story about love and loss. Young readers will be entranced . . . A book that feels like a classic after just a few pages
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This was a heart pounding book full of the most delicate and touching relationships. Mittenwool especially is so beautifully written. And please please can I one day have Pony turn up on my front lawn!

Characters that warmed the heart

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Amazing story from the brilliant writer of Wonder. Set in the 1800s, it follows the journey of 12 year old Silas Bird as he tries to find his father, a genius scientist and photographer who was taken in the night by three armed riders. Silas is accompanied by Mittenwool, a ghost who is his childhood companion, and Pony, a beautiful and unusual Arabian horse who was brought by the armed riders but reappears at the house alone. Although the subject matter would not usually appeal to me, I read this because I loved Wonder and White Bird. I was not disappointed. Palaco's writing had me gripped from the start and I thoroughly enjoyed the story, its twists and turns and the beautiful relationship between Silas, Mittenwool and Pony.

Beautiful Story

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