The Humpherys Family

My Friend Flicka

Record Added: 8/23/2009
Author Mary O'Hara
Illustrator Donald Sibley
Setting United States
Topic Pets
Publisher J. B. Lippincott Co.
ISBN B07NKZL74J   Year 1969
Age 9-12
Description tan cover
 
A daydreamer and a time waster, young Ken McLaughlin spends his days on his family's Wyoming ranch with his head in the clouds, surrounded by endless blue skies, wide-open spaces, and beautiful horses. To his brusque, practical father, the boy is an enigma and a disappointment. Then one day, Ken's life is filled with new purpose when he finds Flicka, a magnificent filly as wild as she is fast. 

Though the strong bond between boy and horse only fuels his father's disdain, Ken's growing love for his friend Flicka is changing him -- leading a once-aimless young man down the path to responsible adulthood, forging a new respect and understanding between father and son, and inspiring a fierce loyalty that nearly costs Ken his life.
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