Storm horse

His mother left three years ago, so when twelve-year-old Flip's thieving father dies he goes to live with his stern and hostile uncle on the remote Dutch island of Mossum; there he works on the farm, dreams of his mother coming to get him, deals with the local bullies, and his only "friend' is a str...

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Main Author: Garlick, Nicholas, 1954- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:His mother left three years ago, so when twelve-year-old Flip's thieving father dies he goes to live with his stern and hostile uncle on the remote Dutch island of Mossum; there he works on the farm, dreams of his mother coming to get him, deals with the local bullies, and his only "friend' is a strange, mute girl whom he thinks of as the ghost girl--until he rescues a horse from the stormy sea and discovers a new purpose in caring for his charge.
Item Description:"First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Chicken House."
Physical Description:242 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780545904148
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9780545904155
0545904153
Author Notes:Nick Garlick was born in 1954 and lived, worked, or went to school in just about every part of England before moving to the Netherlands in 1990.His first book, California Dreaming , was a science-fiction thriller published in 1981. After many years working as a freelance technical writer, copywriter, editor, and translator, he published his first two children's stories with Andersen Press.He now lives with his wife and a vegetable-eating cat in the city of Utrecht, where he's currently working on more children's stories.