This book begins with the sinking of a galleon off the coast
of Virginia over three hundred years ago, a real-life tragedy which released
dozens of Spanish ponies onto the shores of America. Centuries pass until the modern day when we
meet two children, Paul and Maureen Beebe, who are saving their money to buy a
Chincoteague pony. Each year the
residents of Chincoteague work together to pen up a number of the wild horses,
and the Beebe children find themselves the proud new owners of a foal named
Misty. As much as they love and care for
their new animal, however, it becomes quickly apparent to the children that
some wild things weren’t meant to be tamed…
“Misty” is one of those classics that you might not be able
to find in a bookstore today, but I guarantee there’s a copy waiting in your
local library. Now seventy years after
it was first published, the book still carries the same meaning for a new
generation of readers. If you make the
effort to search out and read this book, it probably won’t be long before you’re
hunting for one of the sequels as well…
