When she was just four years old Mary lost her mother
along with her ability to walk, both to a merciless virus. Now, at twelve years of age, she has come to
silently endure her father’s well-intentioned efforts to help find a cure for
her. One after another, she is subjected
to a new ‘miracle treatment’, in hopes that she will someday walk again. Mary has all but lost hope that this will
ever happen, but for her father’s sake she forges on, suffering a barrage of
exhausting treatments.
With a private tutor who teaches her from home, she has
very little interaction outside of her solitary existence. Kept in a bubble of protection, her one
escape is reading. She has an extensive
collection of equestrian literature which has taught her everything she knows
about horses. When she meets Laura, a
girl who lives on a neighboring horse-farm, the two become fast friends. But when Mary learns that Laura’s father intends
to put down a filly with which she feels a special connection, she and Laura
take matters into their own hands to try and save the foal.
Mary’s Song is a
poignant tale of friendship, sacrifice and above all, boundless
determination. This inspiring story is
one that will firmly plant itself within the hearts of young readers. Author Susan Count’s Mary’s Song is recommended for home and school libraries and has
earned the Literary Classics Seal of Approval.
LITERARY CLASSICS Book Awards & Reviews International Book Awards • Top Honors Youth Book Awards • Seal of Approval http://www.clcawards.org
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