My Friend Flicka

There are certain books that I think are always miscategorized as "children's books" simply because a child character is central to the story, but were really never intended to be. To Kill a Mockingbird, for instance: I will always be grateful that I didn't get around to reading that until I was in......more

Ken is a kid who can't do anything right. He daydreams during the school year and isn't promoted. He is the object of his older brother's scorn. He makes a mess of everything he is asked to do on his father's ranch; his father is fed up with him. Just when you think Ken is doomed to a life of failur......more

From Bookrags: My Friend Flicka is more than a great horse story. It shows the struggles of a dreamer as he enters the hard world that others live in and begins to accept responsibility. Readers of any age can appreciate the struggles of Ken, the scatterbrained son of a demanding father, as he spends......more

A tough-minded, wise, and beautiful book! (crossposted from amazon) Like so many others, I read this book as a child, but I've reread it a couple of times as an adult - am doing so now. As my sister and other reviewers have said, this isn't "just" a horse story for children. It's a very adult, very s......more

A vivid story about ten-year-old Ken McLaughlin and his connection with Flicka, a filly born on his parents' ranch in Wyoming. Ken, a sensitive boy given to daydreaming, confounds his father, Rob McLaughlin, whose personality is forthright, assertive and demanding. When Ken is offered a choice of a......more