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Sergeant Reckless

The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero

Sergeant Reckless( 2 customer ratings | )
Author: McCormick, Patricia
Illustrator: Bruno, Iacopo
ISBN:978-0-06-229259-9
Publication Date:Sep 2017
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $34.99
Book Description:

When a group of U.S. Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled little mare, they wondered if she could be trained as a packhorse. They had no idea that the skinny, underfed horse had one of the biggest and bravest hearts they'd ever know. And one of the biggest appetites!

Soon she showed herself more than willing to carry ammunition too heavy for the soldiers to haul. As cannons thundered and shells flew through the air, she marched into battle-again and...
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Book Details
Pages:40
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Horses
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Military & Wars
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):28.7 x 26 x 1 cm
Book Weight:0.45 Kilograms
Author Biography
McCormick, Patricia (Author)
Patricia McCormick, a two-time National Book Award finalist, is the author of five critically acclaimed novels: Never Fall Down, a novel based on the true story of an 11-year-old boy who survived the Killing Fields of Cambodia by playing music; Purple Heart, a suspenseful psychological novel that explores the killing of a 10-year-old boy in Iraq; Sold, a deeply moving account of sexual trafficking; My Brother's Keeper, a realistic view of teenage substance abuse; and Cut, an intimate portrait of one girl's struggle with self-injury.

McCormick grew up in central Pennsylvania. She worked as an assistant press secretary to the Governor of Pennsylvania from 1974-78, then went to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. McCormick studied fiction writing at The New School in New York City.

Never Fall Down was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2012 and was named a New York Times Notable Book for 2012. It was also named a Best Book of the Year by iTunes, The Huffington Post, School Library Journal and the Chicago Public Library.

McCormick was named a New York Foundation on the Arts fellow in 2004 and a MacDowell fellow in 2009. She is also the winner of the 2009 German Peace Prize for Youth Literature.

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