Prince of Ponies

Prince of Ponies
Stacy Gregg

A touching horse story from master storyteller, Stacy Gregg – a tale of survivors and the things we have to reconcile ourselves with when others are left behind…When Maya stumbles across a beautiful white stallion in Berlin, little does she know that life will change forever. Lonely and missing her own family, she befriends Zofia, an older Polish lady. After much convincing, Zofia decides to teach Maya how to ride. As the time draws near for Maya to compete in the Longines Grand Prix, so too does the backstory of what happened to Zofia and her own stallion as a child in war-torn Poland.

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2019

Published in this ebook edition in 2019

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Source ISBN: 9780008332310

Ebook Edition © October 2019 ISBN: 9780008332327

Version: 2019-07-22

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Contents

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Title Page (#u877bbf00-3036-5dcc-9ad2-a71667e0c8fd)

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Dedication (#u919cb405-ce2b-5712-93e8-b30613872083)

Poland 1945

Chapter 1: The Master of Horses

Berlin 2019

Chapter 2: The Hunter of Grunewald

Chapter 3: The Emir

Chapter 4: The Devil and the Sea

Chapter 5: The Lesson

Chapter 6: The Red Army

Chapter 7: The Method

Chapter 8: Evil Unchecked

Chapter 9: A Hundred Falls

Chapter 10: Horses for the Führer

Chapter 11: The Sommergarten

Chapter 12: The Black Train

Chapter 13: Countdown to Grand Prix

Chapter 14: The Bunker

Chapter 15: Mira’s Journey

Chapter 16: No Horse Left Behind

Chapter 17: Grand Prix

Chapter 18: Champions

Chapter 19: Return of the Prince

Epilogue: The True Story of the Stolen Horses of the Second World War

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