MY FRIEND FLICKA

by Mary O'Hara ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 20, 1941

For very different reasons, this, too, is a book which should prove easy selling in days when most fiction presents a problem. A story of a boy and a horse (a earling filly, to be exactly and of how each helped bring the other through to greater matually. The publishers suggest an analogy with The Yearling. Personally, felt is somewhat closer to National Velvet in its appeal. It is the story of an eleven year old boy, at odds with his father whom he never seems to please, but this is offset by a very perceptive mother. The boy lives in a perpetual daydream -- his one intenas desire that he have a colt of his own, though he is allowed to ride virtually any horse an the . The whole action of the story takes place against the pattern of a devoted to rela blooded horses, out in Wyoming. At last his wish is granted, and he shoo his yearling, against all advice. The story is centered on the process of winning ""Flleka"" and of proving the rightness of his choice, against terrific There is acarcely any touch of sentimentality -- there's plenty of action -- there's a vigorous picture of the activities, the heartbreaks, the psychology of life on the ranch. High percentage readability.

Pub Date: Aug. 20, 1941

ISBN: 0060512628

Page Count: -

Publisher: Lippincott

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1941

Categories: FICTION