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The Mystery of the Wild Ponies

by Gertrude Chandler Warner · 2000 · 144 pages

Book 77 of The Boxcar Children series

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The Aldens visit the Outer Banks on the North Carolina coast! But when a pony goes missing from the wild horse sanctuary, they must find him before a big storm hits.

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Genre
mystery
Themes
childhood
Setting
2000souter banks
Audience
childrensmiddle grade
Length
short · 144 pages

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