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| Author | K. M. Peyton |
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| Illustrator | K. M. Peyton |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | October 1968 |
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| Pages | 163 |
| ISBN | 0192712950 |
| OCLC | 29611 |
Fly-by-Night is a children's novel by K. M. Peyton originally published by Oxford University Press in October 1968.
It is about an 11-year-old girl, Ruth Hollis, who buys a pony called Fly for £40 from a dealer. The low price reflects his lack of training. She expands his name to Fly-by-Night and attempts to train him herself without much success. She then joins a pony club to learn more about horses. A rivalry develops between Ruth and another girl, Pearl, who owns a pedigree Arabian mare named Milky Way. Ruth gets help from Peter, a runaway boy with much experience with horses. Ruth and Fly-by-Night compete in the hunter trials and come in sixth.
Fidra Books is currently publishing Fly-By-Night, with the sequel, The Team, expected in the future.
References
- Peyton, K. M. (October 1968). Fly-by-Night (1st (hardback) ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-271295-0.