Stranger at Follyfoot

Follyfoot #5

by Monica Dickens

A story featuring the characters who first appeared in "Follyfoot". As usual, all the stables at Follyfoot Farm are full, but when a mysterious girl named Yaz and her pony arrive looking for shelter, the staff can't turn her away. Yaz doesn't seem grateful, and is clearly hiding from something.

Genres: Horses, Childrens

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

From the publisher: MONICA DICKENS, born in 1915, was brought up in London and was the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens. Her mother's German origins and her Catholicism gave her the detached eye of an outsider; at St Paul's Girls' School she was under occupied and rebellious. After drama school she was a debutante before working as a cook. One Pair of Hands (1939), her first book, described life in the kitchens of Kensington. It was the first of a group of semi autobiographies of which Mariana (1940), technically a novel, was one. 'My aim is to entertain rather than instruct,' she wrote. 'I want readers to recognise life in my books.' In 1951 Monica Dickens married a US naval officer, Roy Stratton, moved to America and adopted two daughters. An extremely popular writer, she involved herself in, and wrote about, good causes such as the Samaritans. After her husband died she lived in a cottage in rural Berkshire, dying there in 1992.
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Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Back to the standard of the previous books, after the blip that was "The Horses of Follyfoot" and as I finished it, I actually felt sorry that it was the final book in the series.

[John Peel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The final Follyfoot novel from Monica Dickens, and it's just as much fun as the rest of them. Dora, Steve and the rest of the gang are still rescuing and looking after mistreated horses. As before, it's not all sweetness and light, and the cruelty some humans do to animals is demonstrated. But thanks to the dedication of the people who work there, Follyfoot is always a refuge. Enjoy.