New in town and friendless, Janet Stone finds comfort in her new relationship with Mr. Flower, the "mad hermit of Winterfield," and she is soon helping him tame and groom his wild pony, Pearl. Original.
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About the Author:
ANNE ELIOT CROMPTON is an award-winning author of children's books. She has raised ponies and goats and painted wildlife. Born to Ethel Cook Eliot (a writer) and Samuel Eliot (a professor) she attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart (now Doane Stuart School) in Albany, New York. She worked briefly in Providence, Florida; then married Willard Crompton and moved to the small hill town of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, where they raised five children. She and her husband still live in Chesterfield.
Synopsis:
Moving to a small Massachusetts town and finding it hard to make friends, thirteen-year-old Jannie takes a job with Mr. Flower, "the mad hermit of Winterfield," helping him tame and groom a pony.
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- PublisherAladdin Paperbacks
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0671785079
- ISBN 13 9780671785079
- BindingPaperback
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