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In the days before the 1745 Scottish uprising against the English throne, a young girl lives in a world of imagination, dreaming of riding a wild horse. Set against the historic tensions of the era, her yearning becomes a portal into the hopes and uncertainties of a young Scottish imagination.
First publish date: 1988
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Frances Mary Hendry
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