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National Velvet
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4 out of 5
Based on 25,747 Ratings and 371 Reviews

Book Description
A butcher's daughter in a small Sussex town ends her nightly prayers with "Oh, God, give me horses, give me horses! Let me be the best rider in England!" The answer to 14-year-old Velvet Brown's plea materializes in the form of an unwanted piebald, raffled off in a village lottery, who turns out to be adept at jumping fences--exactly the sort of horse that could win the world's most famous steeple... More
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PublisherMacmillan
BindingPaperback (37 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages208
ISBN-100330254049
ISBN-13978-0330254045
Publication Date/1978
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About Enid Bagnold (Author) : Enid Bagnold is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Enid Bagnold include National Velvet.
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