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Darkling

K. M. Peyton

1989224 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1989
first published
  • 1989Doubleday · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9780385269636
  • 1991Corgi · 251 pages · ENGISBN 9780552525947
  • 2013Random House Children's Books · ENGISBN 9781448157174
  • 2013Penguin Random House · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780552569811
  • 1992Laurel Leaf · ENGISBN 9780440212119
  • 1990Delacorte Books for Young Readers · ENGISBN 9780385300865

Fifteen-year-old Jenny's unhappy life with her poor and difficult family undergoes a dramatic change when her penniless but ever-optimistic grandfather acquires a very frightened, unpromising-looking colt and gives it to Jenny to care for.

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily
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