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Jinny #5

by Patricia Leitch

Ken has gone to Amsterdam, leaving his dog Kelly in Jinny's care. But Kelly keeps wandering the moors, looking for Ken, and is accused of killing sheep by the local farmers. But Jinny finds out that a neighbour is keeping wolves to do experiments on, and one has escaped.

Genres: Horses, Childrens, Young Adult

224 pages, Paperback

First published February 6, 1995

About the author

Patricia Leitch (July 13, 1933 - July 28, 2015) was a Scottish writer, best known for her series of children's books about a girl named Jinny Manders and her wild, traumatized Arabian horse Shantih, set in the Scottish Highlands.
The 12 books in the Jinny series were published between 1976 - 1988 by Armada. They are currently in reprint by Catnip Publishers.
Two more of her novels, Dream of Fair Horses (1975) and The Horse from Black Loch (1963) have been republished by Jane Badger Books.
Leitch has also written under the pseudonym Jane Eliot.

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can't mark any of these books but 5 star. The combination of pony fun, and adventure, and beautiful writing is terribly hard to resist.

[Joanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

You simply can't beat a story about a girl and her Arab horse galloping about the Scottish moors.

Jinny is convinced that Kelly the dog hasn't turned a sheep killer in Ken's absence, and she gallops about on Shantih trying to prove it.

Patricia Leitch in her element. Although the story is for the 9-14 range, Patricia Leitch knew how to write an engaging plot which never bores her audience. Something which many modern novelists could learn a thing or two about.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the better Jinny books although the ending hung on coincidence but at least Ken addressed it. Jinny swings between happy, desperately unhappy and then gloriously happy, and it has a feelgood ending which is a relief after the sad scenes earlier in the book.

[Justka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Czytanie tej książki jest jak spotkanie ze starym przyjacielem. Mam wrażenie, że zakończenie było trochę przyspieszone, ale lektura była bardzo angażująca; książka trzymała w napięciu! A Jinny jest cudowna – podziwiam jej odwagę, cięty język i głupstwa, które robi. Jest niezwykle autentyczna.

[Natalia_Książki · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25⭐

[Cheyenne Blue · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm having a grand time having a nostalgic re-read of the Jinny series as each is republished by Badger Books. This one is golden. Leitch writes beautifully.

[Debbie Tink · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the trekking pony club ones, I like it when thay go too the Arab stud. There rather nasty people the owner of the stud.

[SassandraS · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nostalgia, but still a good read.
Jinny's stubborn streak and dedication are admirable