Misty's Twilight

by Marguerite Henry Narrated by Barbara Caruso

Overview

As a young girl Sandy Price dreamed of owning a pony like Misty of Chincoteague. Journeying to Chincoteague for the annual pony penning, a grown Sandy decides to make her dream come true. At the end of the auction she brings home not just one but four beautiful ponies, including Sunshine, a direct descendant of Misty. When Twilight, Sunshine's foal, first appears from her stall, the fire of the wild ponies of Assateague is in her eyes. She races and rears herself into a lather, bucking at even the temporary confinement when the farrier examines her hooves. As Twilight begins to grow in stature and spirit, Sandy realizes the filly has a special future in store for the both of them. Marguerite Henry's Newbery Award-winning collection of horse stories have become children's classics, charming thousands of readers in many different countries. Her stories feature actual people and horses and are refreshingly free from the violent themes and issues so prevalent in today's children's literature. Misty's Twilight is filled with the dreamy quality of yesteryear that holds an ageless appeal to young and old alike.

Editorial Reviews

JUNE 95 - AudioFile

In this recent sequel to Misty of the Chincoteague a young woman’s dream of owning a Chincoteague pony brings challenges and happy surprises. Caruso’s enthusiastic reading enhances the plot, heightens emotions and invites the listener’s involvement. While she performs the main character, Sandy Price, with empathy and sincerity, her voice for all the minor characters sounds the same and creates confusion. Her attempts at dialect also fail, lessening the overall quality of her performance. In spite of these few flaws Misty fans will enjoy this. P.A.J. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170758296
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	06/13/2014
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	1,003,790
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

Read an Excerpt

Misty’s Twilight

THE DREAM
On an early Saturday in spring, when dreams explode into reality, Dr. Sandy Price tiptoed about her home on Stolen Hours Farm. She was gathering up research for the trip she’d planned ever since she was a ponytailed youngster in the sixth grade. That was the year she first read a book called Misty of Chincoteague, and the year one of her lifelong dreams had begun.

Sandy piled the breakfast nook table with a rainbow of color. The kitchen calendar topped the display, with a lively parade of ponies, wild and tame. Three glasses of freshly poured orange juice paled by comparison.

Thrilled with her production, Sandy stood back a moment to admire it. She was interrupted by two sleepy-eyed children who came yawning into the room. Sandy announced the electrifying news: “All aboard for Chincoteague! What a glamorous way to spend your birthdays!” She picked up the calendar and with a dramatic flourish tore off April, May, and June and pointed to the last week in July. Chris and Pam stared.

Pam whispered, “Mom’s flipped.” But nothing could stop Sandy now. She circled the last week of July in red ink and called out:

“July 23 - Two birthdays and Departure Day, northward bound from Ocala, Florida, to Chincoteague, Virginia.

July 24 - Still heading north.

July 25 - Arrive Chincoteague Island.

July 26 - Scouting neighboring Assateague for wild ponies.

July 27 - The roundup and the swim across the channel.

July 28 - The auction.”

Both children studied their mother as if she were a teacher dictating weeks of assignments. “Why, that’s the middle of summer!” Chris said.

Sandy was deaf to the tone of his voice. She translated it as “That’s so far away I can hardly wait.”

“That’s it,” Pam said with a shrug of impatience. “It’s done! July twenty-third—our birthday, Mom’s D-Day.”

The children shoved their chairs into place, gulped their orange juice, ate their cereal in silence, and bolted out-of-doors.

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