The Red Pony

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Masterful linked short stories by Nobel prizewinner John Steinbeck author of The Grapes of Wrath The Red Pony is one of The Originals from Penguin
- iconic outspoken first Young Jody Tiflin lives on his father's California ranch He is thrilled when his father gives him a red pony & later promises him the colt of a bay mare Both these gifts bring joy to Jodi's life
- but tragedy soon follows As Jodi begins to learn the harsh lessons of life & death he starts to understand what growing-up & becoming an adult really means The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults From political awakening war & unrequited love to addiction teenage pregnancy & nuclear holocaust The Originals confront big issues & articulate difficult truths The collection

Includes:: The Outsiders
- SE Hinton I Capture the Castle
- Dodie Smith Postcards from No Man's Land
- Aidan Chambers After the First Death
- Robert Cormier Dear Nobody
- Berlie Doherty The Endless Steppe
- Esther Hautzig Buddy
- Nigel Hinton Across the Barricades
- Joan Lingard The Twelfth Day of July
- Joan Lingard No Turning Back
- Beverley Naidoo Z for Zachariah
- Richard C O' Brien The Wave
- Morton Rhue The Red Pony
- John Steinbeck The Pearl
- John Steinbeck Stone Cold
- Robert Swindells