The Quicksand Pony

by Alison Lester (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $4.53

  A gripping adventure story set in the Australian bush, full of vivid characters, atmosphere and suspense. A young girl's first chance to go mustering with her parents ends in disaster when her pony is trapped at night-fall by the incoming tide, and they are forced to leave it behind. The next day, they find only tracks in the sand: hoofprints, with the footprints of a small child alongside. How could a child be living alone in this remote place? Her search for her pony leads Biddy to the biggest adventure of her life, and solves a local mystery. After six reprints in quick succession, The Quicksand Pony has now been published in this popular new format edition.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.40

  ALISON LESTER: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2012-13..'Biddy, I'm sorry, we're going to have to leave her.'..'What?' Biddy struggled out of the quicksand. 'You can't leave her! The tide's coming in. She'll drown!'..But the pony is trapped and Biddy is forced to go on without her. Next day the only signs of Bella are hoofprints in the sand.with small footprints and the paw marks of a dog. Who could be so small and be alone on this remote beach?..Biddy's search takes her into wild secret country where she discovers the truth about a mysterious disappearance that happened many years ago...Alison Lester's picture books are loved by families all around the world. In this gripping adventure story, set in the Australian bush she knows so well, she comes into her own as a writer and a born storyteller.