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Is part of Animal Stars Jackie French , 2006 series - author children's fiction (number 5 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger
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'A story of survival, second chances ... and a dance with danger. Young Billy Marks is a pickpocket, transported to the penal colony of New South Wales. He and his mate reckon they'll become bushrangers - but that's before Billy's had a chance to see the bush up close. And when he buys the big white brumby stallion, covered with scars but refusing to bend to any man's will, he knows he made the right choice. Billy's daughter Mattie Jane thinks her father can ride any horse who ever lived ... and so can she! But when tragedy strikes, the Marks clan, including Mattie and her beloved horse, Rebel Yell, will need all the courage they can find to keep the family together. The deeds and disputed stories of Jackie French's own ancestors inspire another novel - a novel of proud and gutsy horses, trailblazing farmers and their resilient wives, and desperate men forced to break the law to survive.' (From the publisher's website.

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2010 .
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      Extent: 288p.
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      • Publication date: 1 August 2010.
      ISBN: 9780732289287 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Peta Harrison , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 1 2011; (p. 32)

— Review of The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger Jackie French , 2010 single work children's fiction
Wisdom from Horse's Mouth Aleesah Darlison , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 7 November 2010; (p. 8)

— Review of The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger Jackie French , 2010 single work children's fiction ; Oracle Jackie French , 2010 single work children's fiction
Untitled Russ Merrin , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 25 no. 4 2010; (p. 32-33)

— Review of The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger Jackie French , 2010 single work children's fiction
Untitled Susie Kennewell , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 89 no. 9 2010; (p. 41)

— Review of The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger Jackie French , 2010 single work children's fiction
Untitled Susie Kennewell , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 89 no. 9 2010; (p. 41)

— Review of The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger Jackie French , 2010 single work children's fiction
Untitled Russ Merrin , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 25 no. 4 2010; (p. 32-33)

— Review of The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger Jackie French , 2010 single work children's fiction
Wisdom from Horse's Mouth Aleesah Darlison , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 7 November 2010; (p. 8)

— Review of The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger Jackie French , 2010 single work children's fiction ; Oracle Jackie French , 2010 single work children's fiction
Untitled Peta Harrison , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 1 2011; (p. 32)

— Review of The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger Jackie French , 2010 single work children's fiction
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