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The silver brumby
192 pages
A thrilling, majestic tale of wild survival and the desperate fight for freedom in the Australian mountains.
What it feels like
This classic animal adventure immerses readers in the wild, untamed beauty of the Australian mountains. The narrative moves with a propulsive, urgent energy, driven by savage struggles for dominance and the ever-present threat of capture. It feels majestic yet perilous, capturing the raw tension of a creature hunted by both nature and humanity. The tone is earnest and dramatic, treating its animal subjects with deep reverence while never shying away from the harsh realities of survival. Readers who devour classic youth fiction about noble, free-roaming animals will be swept up in this desperate, high-stakes chase for freedom.
- Mood
- wild
- tense
- majestic
- perilous
- Tone
- earnest
- dramatic
- reverent
- urgent
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- survival in the wild · freedom versus captivity · animal majesty · the harshness of nature
- The writing
- Classic and dramatic, focusing on the raw, untamed beauty and peril of the natural world.
- The arc
- Moves from a sense of majestic wonder into escalating tension and desperate survival.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love classic youth fiction and stories of wild, untamed creatures fighting for their freedom.
Content notes
- animal peril
- animal violence
- hunting and capture
About the book
A silver brumby is special, but he will be hunted by man and horse alike, and must be stronger than both. Thowra, the magnificent silver stallion, is king of the brumbies. But he must defend his herd from the mighty horse, The Brolga, in the most savage of struggles. But that is not the only danger. Thowra needs all his speed and cunning to save his herd from capture by man. In a desperate chase through the mountains, it seems there is no longer anywhere for him to run to...
Blurb from the 1968 edition published by Granada (first published 1958)
Description from Open Library.
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