Now, against all odds, Sky must find a way to escape and reunite with his family.Ī Horse Named Sky is a stand-alone companion novel to Rosanne Parry's New York Times bestsellers A Wolf Called Wander and A Whale of the Wild. He hopes that one day, he'll be strong and brave enough to return and challenge the stallion to lead the herd.īeing a lone wild horse in a vast landscape is not easy, and things get even more dangerous when Sky is captured and forced to run for the Pony Express. With fewer resources to share, Sky knows that he must leave if his family is to survive. But humans have begun to encroach on Sky's homelands. Alongside his band, he moves across the range searching for fresh water and abundant grazing. Young colt Sky was born with the urge to run. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout. A fast-paced animal survival story about wild horses, family bonds, and a changing environment. A stand-alone companion to the acclaimed national bestsellers A Wolf Called Wander and A Whale of the Wild.Įxiled from his band, a young, wild horse must find his way across treacherous terrain to reunite with his family after being captured for the Pony Express.
0 Comments
A beguiling landmark of Australian literature, it stands with Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, and Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides as a masterpiece of intrigue.Īs expected, this was a delicious summer treat – though it didn’t go down without some misgivings. They never returned… Mysterious and subtly erotic, Picnic at Hanging Rock inspired the iconic 1975 film of the same name by Peter Weir. Farther, higher, until at last they disappeared. After lunch, a group of three girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the scrub into the shadows of the secluded volcanic outcropping. Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. It was a cloudless summer day in the year 1900. His latest entry into the iconic Night Soliders series is, to my heartbreaking disappointment, nowhere near as good as his other books. There are only two books here that disappointed me, while the rest range from very solid to brilliant, and I hope this list inspires you to give the series a chance.īelow are my rankings by preference, but if you wish to read the series in chronological publication order, I’ll list that at the end. They’re people from all walks of life, and they all start out fearful of the Nazi regime and are unsure of what they can do against Hitler’s minions, but each finds a way to help, somehow. Some main characters are Polish army officers, Italian newspaper reporters, Russian writers, Greek detectives, French film producers, Hungarian émigrés, etc. Furst gives us more of a grassroots perspective of Europe’s turmoil in that time. One aspect I appreciate most about the series is that the main characters are not your typical British or American WWII hero archetypes-spies, soldiers, or otherwise. Alan Furst and his “Night Soldiers” books focus on the European underground résistance against the Nazis between the years of (give or take) 19, and they have been an absolute pleasure to read and re-read since I discovered him around 2012. |