NZ Writer
Stacy Gregg
The Diamond Horse
HarperCollins 2016 $25.00hb 265pp
ISBN 978 0 0081 2439 7
Themes: Adventure stories Circuses/ Horse
stories/ Siberia/
Take the wealthy daughter of a Russian count who
lives in a snowbound palace, a secret young colt and a pet tiger cub, the
frozen tundra of Siberia and a feisty young girl who sees beyond the bright
lights of the circus where she works. Then ask Stacy Gregg to form them into an
adventure story. What do you get? You get a hard to put down narrative that will be loved by
all Stacy’s many (many) fans. A great read-aloud. I have never been a follower
of horse or pony club stories but I must admit Stacy Gregg has me hooked. It
may be the very genuine and well researched backgrounds she puts into all her
books (she is a world traveller) and the fact of the believable characters for
whom the reader cannot help but feel sympathy.
Year 6 up/ Age 10 up
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