Description
| Product ID: | 9780007580279 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Island of Lost Horses |
| Authors: | Author: Stacy Gregg |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Wildlife and habitats, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage), History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), People & places (Children's / Teenage), Wildlife (Children's / Teenage), Bahamas |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Two girls divided by time, united by their love for some very special horses – an epic Caribbean adventure! Two girls divided by time, united by their love for some very special horses – an epic Caribbean adventure!On a remote tropical island, twelve year-old Beatriz is about to embark on an epic journey, through hurricanes and across the high seas and back to the time of Christopher Columbus…When Beatriz stumbles across a wild mare with strange markings in the jungle she can’t believe it is real. Yet from that moment on the strongest connection grows between them, and she begins to uncover an incredible history. For centuries ago, Felipa and her horse, Cara Blanca, were running for their lives.As the fates of Beatriz, Felipa and their horses become entwined, Beatriz realises that the future of the world’s rarest horses depends on her.Based on the extraordinary true story of the Abaco Barb, a real-life mystery that has remained unsolved for over five hundred years. |
| Imprint Name: | HarperCollins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-06-04 |
