Buy Fly-By-Night by Peyton, K M (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible bltadwin.rus: · A wonderful tale of a girl and her first pony, from acclaimed storyteller K. M. Peyton. Ruth has never ridden a pony before - but as soon as she lays . · Ponies for K M Peyton were not a matter of doing a bit of schooling until you get plastered with red rosettes. She saw the danger, the thrill and the obsessive love that surround the pony, and made it real. Fly-by-Night was first published by the Oxford University Press in , with illustrations by the author, which perfectly suit the book.
Pony books are often dismissed as genre fiction, but K M Peyton is proof that writing within a genre doesn't stop you from being good. When I re-read her Fly-by-Night and The Team, I constantly have those magical moments when you read something and think 'Yes - that is exactly how that is.'K M Peyton knew the author Antonia Forest, and their brilliance with characterisation is in some ways. by K. M. Peyton ‧ RELEASE DATE: Ap Very British, very horsy, not too plausible. Almost twelve, Ruth Hollins would do anything for a horse, so when Dad gives his permission she withdraws her savings and brings Fly-By-Night to the backyard. When K M Peyton made her name in the early 70's, teenage fiction was only just beginning to emerge. Until then, readers went straight from children's to adult books; most novels of adolescence, such as The Catcher in the Rye or I Capture the Castle, were published on adult bltadwin.ru Peyton was one of the pioneers, along with other such notable writers as Aidan Chambers, Robert Cormier and.
As a result, I read all the K. M. Peyton books about Ruth Hollis and enjoyed them all. So now, in my 40's and with a daughter of my own, I re-read this classic of my youth. I was shocked at the audacity of Ruth, not knowing how to ride and still buying an untrained pony. Publisher: Red Fox ISBN Author: K.M. Peyton ISBN Edition: New Ed List Price: . Fly-by-Night is a children's novel by K. M. Peyton originally published by Oxford University Press in October It is about an year-old girl, Ruth Hollis, who buys a pony called Fly for £40 from a dealer. The low price reflects his lack of training. She expands his name to Fly-by-Night and attempts to train him herself without much success.
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